Mine detail: Levack Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.65193, -81.37757
dep_id: 10024475
mrds_id: ISM0193
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium, Selenium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Sublayer;Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Norite,Gneiss
Structure: Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion (At Base Of Nickel Irruptive) And Underlying Footwall Breccia.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1914
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1888
References:
  • Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000859.
  • Deposit:: YATES, A.B., 1948, PROPERTIES OF INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, IN WILSON, M.E., ED., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY -OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, A SYMPOSIUM: MONTREAL, CANADIAN INS-TITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 596-617.
  • 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 MO-NOGRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.
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