Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss · Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Breccia
StructureFootwall Breccia And Sulphide Veins Below The Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1973
Last production1982
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10024477
MRDS IDISM0195
Alternate namesLevack West
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.63332, -81.39979
References
ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000868.HOFFMAN, E.L., NALDRETT, A.J., ALCOCK, R.A., AND HANCOCK, R.G.V., 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVA-CK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGI-ST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 437-451.