Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryPlatinum
TertiaryPGE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formROUGHLY TABULAR, DISCONTINUOUS BODIES
Ore controlOriginal Gravitational Settling And Entrapment Of Sulfides; Little Or No Post Depositional Deformation Or Mobilization Of Sulfides Has Occurred
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockGabbro,Pyroxenite
Associated rockDacite,Andesite,Basalt
StructureE-W Trending Abitibi Greenstone Belt Composed Of Weakly Metamorphosed Mafic-Felsic Volcanic Rocks With Coeval Intrusions, Volcanic Sediemtns And Large Granitic Batholiths., Lava Flows Found In A Lens Shaped Body. They Overlie Each Other And Decrease In Age To The East.
Tectonic settingCanadian Shield
AlterationMetamorphosed To Greenschist Facies With Primary Features Intact.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10039379
MRDS IDM047046
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates49.71667, -79.96639
References
MUIR AND COMBA, 1979, THE DUNDONALD DEPOSIT: AN EXAMPLE OF VOLCANIC-TYPE NICKEL-SULFIDE MINERALIZATION, CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, PP 351-3591978 OTHER FAKONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD