Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium, Selenium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Norite,Gneiss · Sudbury Sublayer;Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex
StructureSudbury Sublayer Intrusion (At Base Of Nickel Irruptive) And Underlying Footwall Breccia.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1914
Last production1982
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10024475
MRDS IDISM0193
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.65193, -81.37757
References
ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000859.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.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 MO-NOGRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.