Mine detail: Levack Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.65193, -81.37757

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium, Selenium
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1914
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Sublayer;Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Norite,Gneiss
Structure:	Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion (At Base Of Nickel Irruptive) And Underlying Footwall Breccia.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0193
DEP	10024475
Reference	{Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000859.}{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.}{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 MO-NOGRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan