Mine detail: Strathcona Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.65693, -81.36868

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, PGE
Secondary: Silver, Cobalt, Gold
Tertiary: Selenium, Tellurium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1962

Geology

Host type:Granite
Tectonic:Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact

References

MRDSM045784
DEP10106874
Reference{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 19}{Deposit:: ABEL AND OTHERS, 1979, COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 275-286.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Deposit:: SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.}{Deposit:: SKINNER, W. R., 1975, THE MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: LONDON, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, P. 238.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 189.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1975, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975: THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 125.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Shaffer, Glenn L.