Mine detail: Strathcona Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.67499, -81.33896

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1962
Last production ended:	1983

Geology

Host rock:	Sudbury Sublayer;Dark Norite ( Sudbury Sublayer);Levack Complex
Host type:	Norite,Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0302
DEP	10024578
Reference	{Deposit:: ABEL, M.K., BUCHAN, R., COATS, C.J.A., AND PENSTONE, M.E., 1979, COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 275-285.}{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