Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Frood-Stobie Offset
StructureApophysis ("Offset") Of The Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1887
Last production1985
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10024592
MRDS IDISM0316
Alternate namesFrood-Stobie
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.53832, -80.99422
References
CABRI, L.J., 1981, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PLATINUM GROUP IN MILL SAMPLES FROM THE CU-NI DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY, ONTARIO AREA: IN MCGACHIE, R.O., AND BRADLEY, A.G., (EDS.), PRECIOUS METALS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH PRECIOUS METALS CONFERENCE, TORONTO, JUNE 1980; TORONTO, PERGAMON OF CANADA, 313 P., P. 23-34.NALDRETT, A.J., HOFFMAN, E.L., GREEN, A.H., CHOU, CHEN-LIN, NALDRETT, S.R., AND ALCOCK, R.A., 1979, THE COMPOSITION OF NI-SULFIDE ORES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR CONTENT OF PGE AND AU; CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, P. 403-415.