Mine detail: Murray Mine

Previously called 'Murray Mine Surface Operations Known As Clarabelle No. 2 Open Pit'

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.51332, -81.06645
dep_id: 10024468
mrds_id: ISM0185
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Nickel, Selenium, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Sublayer
hrock_type: Norite
Structure: Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1889
yr_lst_prd: 1971
disc_yr: 1883
References:
  • Deposit:: SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHI-DE ORES OF SUDBURY--THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINC-TIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WILS-ON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.
  • Deposit:: YATES, A.B., 1948, PROPERTIES OF INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, IN WILSON, M.E., ED., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY -OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, A SYMPOSIUM: MONTREAL, CANADIAN INS-TITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 596-617.
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