Mine detail: Shebandowan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.59583, -90.24734

Resource(M)

Primary: Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium, Nickel, Copper, PGE
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1972
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host type:Peridotite
Structure:Sheared Peridotite (Serpentinite) Lenses In Mafic Metavolcanics (Original Environment Uncertain).
Tectonic:Arch Greenstone Belt

References

MRDSISM0197
DEP10106772
Reference{Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1972, SMDR000788.}{Deposit:: MORTON, P., 1982, ARCHEAN VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, AND PETROLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, CHROMI-TE, AND THE SHEBANDOWAN NICKEL-COPPER MINE, SHEBANDOWAN, NW ON-TARIO: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA,- 346 P.}{Deposit:: MORIN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER SHEBANDOWAN LAKE AREA: ONTARIO DEPT. OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL REPORT 110, 45 -P.}
ReporterZwartendyk, Jan