Mine detail: Totten Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.38332, -81.44979

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold
Secondary: Silver, Cobalt
Tertiary: Tellurium, Selenium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1966
Last production ended: 1972

Geology

Host rock:Worthington Offset
Host type:Diorite
Tectonic:Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact

References

MRDSM045780
DEP10038420
Reference{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT : U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 19}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Deposit:: SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Orris, Greta J.