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Murray Fault, <strong>the</strong> principal fault <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system, shows evidence <strong>of</strong> right-lateral displacement with<br />
a total estimated lateral displacement <strong>of</strong> 1 kilometer (Cochrane, 1991).<br />
The Creighton Fault, part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Murray Fault System, extends 48 km from Drury Township, west<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sudbury Basin, east to Coniston where it intersects <strong>the</strong> Grenville Front (Fig. 2.1; Cochrane,<br />
1991). It trends east to east-nor<strong>the</strong>ast and dips steeply north between 75 and 90 degrees<br />
(Cochrane, 1991). Previous work by Cochrane (1991) found that <strong>the</strong> Creighton fault has a net<br />
slip <strong>of</strong> 560 metres. The north side is displaced 540 metres eastward and 150 metres downward<br />
relative to <strong>the</strong> south side. The Creighton fault truncates <strong>of</strong>fset dykes, olivine-diabase dykes, as<br />
well as <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn tip <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Creighton embayment, leading Cochrane (1991) to suggest that <strong>the</strong><br />
Creighton Fault is younger than 1.24 Ga. Akin to Zolnai et al. (1984), Rousell et al. (1997)<br />
propose that <strong>the</strong> cumulative slip <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Creighton fault reflects an early normal movement during<br />
<strong>the</strong> deposition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Huronian Supergroup, followed by repeated reverse-sense reactivation<br />
during <strong>the</strong> Penokean Orogeny, and dextral-oblique faulting in <strong>the</strong> Neoproterozoic.<br />
The Creighton Fault diverges from <strong>the</strong> Creighton embayment at depth. Because <strong>the</strong> fault dips<br />
more steeply than <strong>the</strong> embayment, which dips at 60 degrees, <strong>the</strong> Creighton Fault does not intersect<br />
mine excavations. A splay between Murray and Creighton Faults, termed <strong>the</strong> Murray-Creighton<br />
Splay bounds <strong>the</strong> eastern margin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Creighton Embayment and is intersected on levels above<br />
<strong>the</strong> Creighton Deep as <strong>the</strong> 118 Shear Zone (Hodder, 2002). Parallel features to both <strong>the</strong> Creighton<br />
Fault and Murray Creighton Splay fault are reflected in structures within <strong>the</strong> Creighton Deep<br />
(Tulk, 2001; Hodder, 2002).<br />
The Creighton Fault was observed at surface along HWY 144, west <strong>of</strong> Creighton Mine (Fig. 2.2).<br />
Rock in proximity to <strong>the</strong> Creighton fault is jointed and veined. Brittle jogs in rock in proximity to<br />
<strong>the</strong> fault and <strong>of</strong>fset veins and dykes confirm a dextral sense <strong>of</strong> motion (Fig. 2.3).<br />
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