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

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Location: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 62.55025, -92.33361
dep_id: 10096178
mrds_id: W002776
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Nickel
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: LENS, MASSIVE SULFIDES
ore_ctrl: The Deposit Was In The Basal Part Of A Serpentinized Pyroxenite Sill, Which Was Emplaced In A Syncline Plunging Gently To The East. The Sill Follows The North Limb Of The Syncline Over Strike Length Of About 6,000 Feet; It Is 200-300 Feet Thick And Dips About 50 Degrees. Sulfide Ore Occurs Where The Basal Contact Of The Sill Makes A Troughlike Reentrant Into The Footwall.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
arock_type: Dacite
Year first produced: 1957
disc_yr: 1928
discr: R.G.O. Johnston
References:
  • 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
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