Mine detail: Sudburycomplex

Previously called 'Sudbury Iruptive'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.66666, -81.18311

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, Gold, Platinum
Secondary: Silver, Palladium
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gersdorffite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: ELLIPTICAL RING
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1887

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Norite

References

MRDSM045789
DEP10038425
Reference{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}
ReporterBlair, Will N.