Mine detail: Stobie Mine

Previously called 'Frood-Stobie'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.53832, -80.99422

Resource(M)

Primary:	Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1887
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Frood-Stobie Offset
Host type:	Diorite
Structure:	Apophysis (Offset) Of The Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0190
DEP	10024469
Reference	ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000886
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan