Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Frood-Stobie Offset
StructureApophysis ("Offset") Of The Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1889
Last production1982
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10024472
MRDS IDISM0189
Alternate namesFrood-Stobie
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.52499, -81.00811
References
ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000886.ZURBRIGG, H.F., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, 1957, THE FROOD-STOBIE MINE, IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS,- V. 2: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 341-35-0.HANLEY, J.E., 1965, UPSIDE-DOWN ZONING AT FROOD: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 529-575.SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHI-DE ORES OF SUDBURY--THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINC-TIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WILS-ON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.