Mine detail: Falconbridge Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.58193, -80.80033
dep_id: 10024459
mrds_id: ISM0175
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
hrock_type: Norite,Meta-Basalt
Structure: Penecontemporaneous Fault Cutting Basal Contact Of Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1930
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1916
References:
  • 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
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