Mine detail: Murray Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

46.51332, -81.06645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel, Selenium, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1889
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Sublayer
Host type:	Norite
Structure:	Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0185
DEP	10024468
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan