Mine detail: Copper Cliff Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.48332, -81.09978
dep_id: 10038444
mrds_id: M045816
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Platinum
Minor mineral: Nickel, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: PIPES
conc_proc: Disseminated Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Offset Ore Body Near Norite.
Reporter: Blair, Will N.
hrock_type: Diorite
Structure: Shear Zones
References:
  • Deposit:: MERTIE, J. B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 21
  • Deposit:: *EILL, J. J. AND GUNNING, H.C., 1934, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P.
  • Deposit:: SOUCH, B. E., AND POLOLSKY, T., 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 260
  • Deposit:: ONTARIO MINERAL MAP, MAP 2310: ONT. DIV. MINES
  • Deposit:: 5) CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1974, SUDBURYITE: CAN. MIN. V.12
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