Mine detail: East Mine, Falconbridge Limited

Previously called 'East Falconbridge'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.58193, -80.78255

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1949

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1953
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 Intrusive Triggered By Meteoritic Impat.

References

MRDS	ISM0176
DEP	10024460
Reference	{Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000840.}{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, S., 1948, FALCONBRIDGE MINE, IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINI-NG 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.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan