Mine detail: Rankin Inlet Nickel Co, Cu, Pt, Pd Mine-Canada

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.55025, -92.33361

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Nickel
Secondary: Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: LENS, MASSIVE SULFIDES
Discovery year: 1928

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1957

Geology

Associated type:Dacite

References

MRDSW002776
DEP10096178
Reference{Deposit:: PRECAMBRIAN, 1961, THE NEW NORTH-LAND OF TODAY: PRECAMBRIAN, JAN. 1961, P. 6-21.}{Deposit:: WEBER, W.W., AND TEAL, S. S., 1959, A SUBARCTIC MINING OPERATION: CANADIAN MINING AND METALL. BULL.. V. 52, NO. 567, P. 462-466.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS BULL. 1223, P. 24, MAP P. 10-11.}{Deposit:: MANIFILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FILE ON NONFERROUS METALS OF THE WORLD, 1973, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, INDEX NO. A13170001}{Production:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA, U.GS BULL. 1223, P. 24, MAP P. 10-11}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L.