Mine detail: Strathcona Mine

Location:	Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	46.67499, -81.33896
dep_id:	10024463
mrds_id:	ISM0180
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 Sublayer;Dark Norite ( Sudbury Sublayer);Levack Complex
hrock_type:	Norite,Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Nickel Irruptive.
tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusive Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced:	1962
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1982
disc_yr:	1951
References:	Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000850. Deposit:: CONAN, J.C., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE STRATHCONA ORE DEPOSIT: CIM BULLETIN, V. 61, NO. 669, P. 38-54. Deposit:: NALDRETT, A.J., AND KULLERUD, G., 1967, A STUDY OF THE STRATHCONA MINE AND ITS BEARING ON THE NICKEL-COPPER ORES O-F THE SUDBURY DISTRICT: JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, V. 8, PT. 3, P.- 453-531. Deposit:: ABEL, M.K., BUCHAN, R., COATS, C.J.A., AND PENSTONE, M.E. 1979, COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STR-ATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17,- PT. 2, P. 275-285.