Mine detail: Rankin Inlet

Previously called 'Johnston Bay'

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Location: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 62.76692, -92.50029
dep_id: 10038796
mrds_id: M046240
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: LENS
alteration: Pyroxenite To Serpentinite
Reporter: Blair, Will N.
References:
  • Deposit:: *EILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 111
  • Deposit:: DRYBROUGH, J., 1931, NICKEL - COPPER DEPOSIT ON HUDSON BAY: TRANS. CAN. INST. MIN. MET. V. 34, P. 157 - 172
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