Mine detail: Dundonald

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Location

Lat / long:

49.71667, -79.96639

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	PGE
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	ROUGHLY TABULAR, DISCONTINUOUS BODIES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Gabbro,Pyroxenite
Associated type:	Dacite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:	E-W Trending Abitibi Greenstone Belt Composed Of Weakly Metamorphosed Mafic-Felsic Volcanic Rocks With Coeval Intrusions, Volcanic Sediemtns And Large Granitic Batholiths., Lava Flows Found In A Lens Shaped Body. They Overlie Each Other And Decrease In Age To The East.
Tectonic:	Canadian Shield
Alteration processes:	Metamorphosed To Greenschist Facies With Primary Features Intact.

References

MRDS	M047046
DEP	10039379
Reference	{Deposit:: MUIR AND COMBA, 1979, THE DUNDONALD DEPOSIT: AN EXAMPLE OF VOLCANIC-TYPE NICKEL-SULFIDE MINERALIZATION, CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, PP 351-35}{Deposit:: 1978 OTHER FAKONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L.