Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel, PGE
SecondaryGold, Silver, Cobalt
TertiarySelenium, Tellurium, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlEmbayment Structure And Local Shear System.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Galena, Gersdorffite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockGabbro,Norite
StructureLocal Shearing Faults.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1908
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10038440
MRDS IDM045810
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.58221, -80.86949
References
SOUCH, B. E., AND PODOLSKY, T., 1969, SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 258-259HAWLEY, J.E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: CAN. MINERALOGIST, V. 7, PT. 1 P. 74PYE AND OTHERS, 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL VOLUME 1, 603 P.SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.ISMI