Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockNorite,Meta-Basalt · Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
StructurePenecontemporaneous Faulting Cutting Basal Contact Of Intrusion.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1908
Last production1982
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10024478
MRDS IDISM0196
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.56749, -80.8581
References
ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000904.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 MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.