Mine detail: Mccreedy West Mine

Previously called 'Levack West'

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.63332, -81.39979
dep_id: 10024477
mrds_id: ISM0195
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Breccia
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss
Structure: Footwall Breccia And Sulphide Veins Below The Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1973
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000868.
  • Deposit:: HOFFMAN, E.L., NALDRETT, A.J., ALCOCK, R.A., AND HANCOCK, R.G.V., 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVA-CK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGI-ST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 437-451.
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