Mine detail: Mccreedy West Mine

Previously called 'Levack West'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.63332, -81.39979

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1973
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Breccia
Host 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.

References

MRDS	ISM0195
DEP	10024477
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan