Mine detail: Falconbridge Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.58193, -80.80033
dep_id: 10024573
mrds_id: ISM0297
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Selenium, PGE, Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
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 Basalt Contact Of Intrusion.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1930
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1984
disc_yr: 1916
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:: FALCONBRIDGE LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORTS; TORONTO, ONTARIO.
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LIMITED.
  • 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.
  • Production:: PA1 - PA4: RF5 AND EMR ESTIMATES. PC1: RF5, RF6 AND EMR ESTIMATE.
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