Mine detail: Fecunis North Mine

Previously called 'Fecunis Lake Mine'

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.64999, -81.34979
dep_id: 10038438
mrds_id: M045807
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Nickel, PGE
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Cobalt
Trace mineral: Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: LENS
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Granite
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact
Year first produced: 1957
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1964
References:
  • Deposit:: HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 4, 193
  • Deposit:: THOMSON, 1959, GEOLOGY OF FALCONBRIDGE TOWNSHIP: ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT (1957), V. 66, P. 6.
  • Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.
  • Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.
  • Deposit:: SKINNER, W.R., 1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: LONDON, FINANCIAL TIMES, P. 236.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 189.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1976, 1976 INTERNATIONAL DEIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 194.
  • Other Database:: ISMI
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