Mine detail: Mekim Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.53527, -81.05367
dep_id: 10038437
mrds_id: M045806
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Ilmenite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: LENS
conc_proc: Massive Sulfides
Reporter: Blair, Will N.
References:
  • Deposit:: HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: THE CAN. MINERALOGIST, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 52, 59, 66, 69, 89
  • Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOL.SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 19, 21
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