Mine detail: Strathcona Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.67499, -81.33896
dep_id: 10024578
mrds_id: ISM0302
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Swartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Sublayer;Dark Norite ( Sudbury Sublayer);Levack Complex
hrock_type: Norite,Gneiss,Granite
Structure: Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Nickel Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1962
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1983
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • Deposit:: ABEL, M.K., BUCHAN, R., COATS, C.J.A., AND PENSTONE, M.E., 1979, COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 275-285.
  • Deposit:: PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.
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