Mine detail: Levack West Nickel Mine

Previously called 'Levack West'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.64999, -81.39979

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel
Secondary:	Osmium, PGE, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium
Tertiary:	Gold, Cobalt, Sulfur, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Hessite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1974

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Norite
Structure:	Cu-Rich Stringer Ore In Levack Breccia Zone.

References

MRDS	M046914
DEP	10039294
Reference	{Deposit:: CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976 , PGM FROM DEPOSITS IN SUDBURY: ECON GEOL V. 71 , NO. 7}{Deposit:: MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1978 : THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 304}{Deposit:: EMJ INTERNAT. DIRECTORY MINES AND MINERAL PROCESSING, 1976 , ENG. MIN. JOUR. P. 195}{Deposit:: HOFFMAN, NALDRETT, ALCOCK, AND HANCOCK, 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVACK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, P. 437}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Oster, Karel L.