Mine detail: Falconbridge Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.58193, -80.80033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1930
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
Host type:	Norite,Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Penecontemporaneous Fault Cutting Basal Contact Of Irruptive.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0175
DEP	10024459
Reference	{Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000896.}{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, S., 1948, FALCONBRIDGE MINE, IN STRUCTURALGEOLOGY OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MININ-G AND METALLURGY, P. 618-626.}{Deposit:: THOMSON, J.E., 1957, GEOLOGY OF FALCONBRIDGE TOWNSHIP: ONTARIO DEPT. OF MINES, V. LXVI, PT. 6, P. 36.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1959, THE FALCONBRIDGE STORY: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 80, NO. 6, P. 105-127.}{Deposit:: FALCONBRIDGE LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS: TORONTO, ONTARIO.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., TORONTO, ONTARIO.}{Production:: PA1 - PA4: RF5 PC1: RF5, RF6}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan