Mine detail: East Mine, Falconbridge Limited

Previously called 'East Falconbridge'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.58193, -80.78255

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1949

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1953
Last production ended:	1978

Geology

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

References

MRDS	ISM0296
DEP	10024572
Reference	{Deposit:: MANAGEMENT AND STAFF, FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LIMITED, 1959, THE FALCONBRIDGE STORY: PART I, GEOLOGY, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 80, NO. 6, JUNE 1959, P. 116-127.}{Deposit:: PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.}
Reporter	Swartendyk, Jan