Commodities
PrimarySelenium, PGE, Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockNorite,Meta-Basalt · Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
StructurePenecontemporaneous Fault Cutting Basalt Contact Of Intrusion.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1930
Last production1984
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10024573
MRDS IDISM0297
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates46.58193, -80.80033
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.FALCONBRIDGE LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORTS; TORONTO, ONTARIO.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LIMITED.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.PA1 - PA4: RF5 AND EMR ESTIMATES. PC1: RF5, RF6 AND EMR ESTIMATE.