Mine detail: Garson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.58221, -80.86949

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel, PGE
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Cobalt
Tertiary:	Selenium, Tellurium, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Galena, Gersdorffite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Host type:	Gabbro,Norite
Structure:	Local Shearing Faults.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact.

References

MRDS	M045810
DEP	10038440
Reference	{Deposit:: SOUCH, B. E., AND PODOLSKY, T., 1969, SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 258-259}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, J.E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: CAN. MINERALOGIST, V. 7, PT. 1 P. 74}{Deposit:: PYE AND OTHERS, 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL VOLUME 1, 603 P.}{Deposit:: SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Shaffer, Glenn L.