Mine detail: Little Stobie

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.54999, -80.99977

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Nickel, PGE
Secondary: Cobalt, Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Gersdorffite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1902

Geology

Host type:Gabbro,Norite
Associated type:Meta-Basalt
Structure:Some Cu-Rich Stringers In Footwall Rocks.
Tectonic:Intracratonic Intrusio Triggered By Meteor Impact

References

MRDSM046916
DEP10039295
Reference{Deposit:: CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976 , ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , NO. 7 , P. 1159}{Deposit:: EMJ INTERNAT. DIR. MINING, 1976 , ENG. MIN. JOUR. P. 195}{Deposit:: MINING INTERNAT. YEARBOOK, 1978 , FINANCIAL TIMES LONDON, P. 305}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1973-1974: THE NOTHERN MINER, P. 170.}{Deposit:: HOFFMAN AND OTHERS, 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVACK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO, CANADA: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, P. 437.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Deposit:: SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCUALR 930-E, 34 P.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLGOICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Deposit:: PYE AND OTHERS, EDS., 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL VOLUME 1, 603 P.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1975, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975: THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 166.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 191.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Oster, Karel L.