Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Metal, Iron
SecondaryNickel, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Bornite, Maucherite, Mackinawite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueGraphite
Geology
Host rockTroctolite,Peridotite · Partridge River Intrusion
StructureCross-cutting relations suggests that the OUI body at Waterhen was emplaced while the enclosing troctolite was still ductile.
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10082834
MRDS IDW062190
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.39889, -92.11324
References
HAUCK, S.A., SEVERSON, M.J., ZANKO, L., BARNES, S-J., MORTON, P., ALMINAS, H., FOORD, E.E., AND DAHLBERG, E.H., IN PRESS [1996], AN OVERVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY AND OXIDE, SULFIDE AND PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT MINERALIZATION ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN CONTACTS OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPERHAUCK AND OTHERS, IN PRESS.