Mine detail: Strathcona Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.67499, -81.33896

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1962
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Sublayer;Dark Norite ( Sudbury Sublayer);Levack Complex
Host type:	Norite,Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusive Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0180
DEP	10024463
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan