Description
R.G.O. Johnston
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryCobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formLENS, MASSIVE SULFIDES
Ore controlThe Deposit Was In The Basal Part Of A Serpentinized Pyroxenite Sill, Which Was Emplaced In A Syncline Plunging Gently To The East. The Sill Follows The North Limb Of The Syncline Over Strike Length Of About 6,000 Feet; It Is 200-300 Feet Thick And Dips About 50 Degrees. Sulfide Ore Occurs Where The Basal Contact Of The Sill Makes A Troughlike Reentrant Into The Footwall.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1957
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10096178
MRDS IDW002776
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.55025, -92.33361
References
PRECAMBRIAN, 1961, THE NEW NORTH-LAND OF TODAY: PRECAMBRIAN, JAN. 1961, P. 6-21.WEBER, W.W., AND TEAL, S. S., 1959, A SUBARCTIC MINING OPERATION: CANADIAN MINING AND METALL. BULL.. V. 52, NO. 567, P. 462-466.CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS BULL. 1223, P. 24, MAP P. 10-11.MANIFILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FILE ON NONFERROUS METALS OF THE WORLD, 1973, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, INDEX NO. A13170001CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA, U.GS BULL. 1223, P. 24, MAP P. 10-11