Mine detail: Garson Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.56749, -80.8581
dep_id: 10024587
mrds_id: ISM0310
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Swartendyk, 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: 1981
disc_yr: 1891
References:
  • Deposit:: PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.
  • Deposit:: CABRI, L.J., 1981, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PLATINUM GROUP IN MILL SAMPLES FROM THE CU-NI DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY, ONTARIO AREA: IN MCGACHIE, R.O., AND BRADLEY, A.G., (EDS.), PRECIOUS METALS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH PRECIOUS METALS CONFERENCE, TORONTO, JUNE 1980; TORONTO, PERGAMON OF CANADA, 313 P., P. 23-34.
  • Deposit:: CABRI, L.J., AND LAFLAMME, J.H.G., 1984, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN MILL PRODUCTS FROM SUDBURY, IN APPLIED MINERALOGY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON APPLIED MINERALOGY IN THE MINERALS INDUSTRY, LOS ANGELES, FEBRUARY 22-25, 1984; WARRENDALE, PA., METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, 1194 P., P. 911-922.
  • Deposit:: NALDRETT, A.J., HOFFMAN, E.L., GREEN, A.H., CHOU, CHEN-LIN, NALDRETTT, S.R., AND ALCOCK, R.A., 1979, THE COMPOSITION OF NI-SULFIDE ORES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR CONTENT OF PGE AND AU; CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, P. 403-415.
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