Mine detail: East Mine, Falconbridge Limited

Previously called 'East Falconbridge'

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.58193, -80.78255
dep_id: 10024572
mrds_id: ISM0296
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Swartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
hrock_type: Norite,Meta-Basalt
Structure: Penecontemporaneous Fault Cutting Basal Contact Of Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1953
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1978
disc_yr: 1949
References:
  • 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.
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