Mine detail: Little Stobie Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.54721, -81.00617
dep_id: 10024467
mrds_id: ISM0184
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tellurium, Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Sublayer
hrock_type: Norite
Structure: Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1902
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000900.
  • Deposit:: HOFFMAN, E.L., NALDRETT, A.J., ALCOCK, R.A., AND HANCOCK, R.G.V., 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVA-CK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGI-ST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 437-451.
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