Commodities
PrimaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSILL LIKE
Ore controlSerpentinization Process Concentrates Nickel.
Materials
Ore mineralsPentlandite
GangueMagnesite, Serpentine, Talc
Geology
Host rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock · Andesites
Associated rockAndesite · Ultramafics
StructureTrend Of Greenstone Belt, None
Tectonic settingAbitibi Greenstone Belt.
AlterationGreenschist Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10069227
MRDS IDW002758
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.64999, -78.433
References
METALS WEEK METALS SOURCEBOOK, 10/8/73, ITEM #4603 ECKSTRAND, O. R., 1975, THE DUMONT SERPENTINITE: A MODEL FOR CONTROL OF NICKELIFEROUS OPAQUE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES BY ALTERATION REACTIONS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS: ECON. GEOL. V. 70. P. 183 - 201SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P. 225.MINING MAGAZINE, 9/74, P.207THE NORTHERN MINER,1974,CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975,P.115.