Mine detail: Garson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.56749, -80.8581

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1908
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
Host type:	Norite,Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Penecontemporaneous Faulting Cutting Basal Contact Of Intrusion.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0196
DEP	10024478
Reference	{Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000904.}{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 MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan