Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockNorite,Meta-Basalt · Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
StructurePenecontemporaneous Fault Cutting Basal Contact Of Irruptive.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Last production1978
Discovery year1949
Identification
Deposit ID10024572
MRDS IDISM0296
Alternate namesEast Falconbridge
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates46.58193, -80.78255
References
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF, FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LIMITED, 1959, THE FALCONBRIDGE STORY: PART I, GEOLOGY, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 80, NO. 6, JUNE 1959, P. 116-127.PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.