Mine detail: East Mine, Falconbridge Limited

Previously called 'East Falconbridge'

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.58193, -80.78255
dep_id: 10024460
mrds_id: ISM0176
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 Intrusive Triggered By Meteoritic Impat.
Year first produced: 1953
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1949
References:
  • 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.
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