Mine detail: Garson Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.56749, -80.8581
dep_id: 10024478
mrds_id: ISM0196
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Nickel Irruptive;Elsie Mountain Formation
hrock_type: Norite,Meta-Basalt
Structure: Penecontemporaneous Faulting Cutting Basal Contact Of Intrusion.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1908
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1891
References:
  • Deposit:: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000904.
  • 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 MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.
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