Mine detail: Sudburycomplex

Previously called 'Sudbury Iruptive'

Location:	Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	46.66666, -81.18311
dep_id:	10038425
mrds_id:	M045789
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel, Copper, Gold, Platinum
Minor mineral:	Silver, Palladium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gersdorffite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	ELLIPTICAL RING
Reporter:	Blair, Will N.
hrock_type:	Diorite,Norite
Year first produced:	1887
disc_yr:	1883
discr:	Thomas Flanagan
References:	Deposit:: EILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA : CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. REPT. 13 Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630 Deposit:: SOUCH AND PODOLSKY, 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS : ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4 Deposit:: HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. OF CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1 Deposit:: 5) CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976, MIN. PT-GROUP OF CU-NI DEPOSITS OF SUDBURY, ONT: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.7 Deposit:: 6) KEAYS AND CROCKET, 1970, A STUDY OF PRECIOUS METAL IN THE SUDBURY NICKEL ORES: ECON. GEOL. V.65, NO.4 Deposit:: 7) CORNWALL, 1973, NICKEL: USGS PROF. PAPER 820 Deposit:: 8) CARD AND HUTCHINSON,1972, SUDBURY STRUCTURE: GEOL. ASSN CANADA, SPEC PAPER NO.10. Deposit:: 9) DENCH, 1972, METEORITE IMPACT AND SUDBURY: GEOL. ASSN. CANADA, SPEC. PAPER 10. Deposit:: 10)GUY-BRAY, 1972, SUDBURY GEOLOGY: GEOL. ASSN. CANADA SPEC.PAPER 10 Deposit:: 11) CABRI, HARRIS AND GAIT,1973, MICHENERITE AND FROODITE FROM SUDBURY: CAN.MIN. V.11, PT.5 Production:: EILL 1934, HAWLEY, 1962