Commodities
PrimaryGold, PGE, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium, Nickel, Copper
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockNorite · Sudbury Sublayer
StructureSudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1979
Last production1985
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10024470
MRDS IDISM0186
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.51666, -81.05811
References
SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHI-DES ORES OF SUDBURY--THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTIN-CTIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WIL-SON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MON-OGRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.YATES, A.B., 1948, PROPERTIES OF INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, IN WILSON, M.E., ED., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY -OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, A SYMPOSIUM: MONTREAL, CANADIAN INS-TITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 596-617.