Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryOsmium, PGE, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium
TertiaryGold, Cobalt, Sulfur, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBrecciation And Embayment Of Granite In Footwall Of Sudbury Irruptive.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hessite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockNorite
StructureCu-Rich Stringer Ore In Levack Breccia Zone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1974
Identification
Deposit ID10039294
MRDS IDM046914
Alternate namesLevack West
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.64999, -81.39979
References
CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976 , PGM FROM DEPOSITS IN SUDBURY: ECON GEOL V. 71 , NO. 7MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1978 : THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 304EMJ INTERNAT. DIRECTORY MINES AND MINERAL PROCESSING, 1976 , ENG. MIN. JOUR. P. 195HOFFMAN, NALDRETT, ALCOCK, AND HANCOCK, 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVACK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, P. 437