Mine detail: Copper Cliff North Mine

Previously called 'Clarabelle No. 1-Copper Cliff North Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.49166, -81.06645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel, PGE, Gold, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium, Silver
Discovery year:	1960

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1967
Last production ended:	1978

Geology

Host rock:	Copper Cliff Offset (Sudbury Sublayer)
Host type:	Diorite
Structure:	Apophysis Of The Sublayer At The Base Of This Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic:	Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDS	ISM0187
DEP	10106771
Reference	{Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000910.}{Deposit:: SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHI-DE ORES OF SUDBURY--THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINC-TIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WILS-ON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.}{Deposit:: PATTISON, E.F., 1979, THE SUDBURY SUBLAYER: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 257-274.}
Reporter	Zwartendyk, Jan