Mine detail: Emo Prospect

Previously called 'Young-Corrigan Prospect'

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 48.655, -93.94609
dep_id: 10039318
mrds_id: M046949
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
Trace mineral: PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
conc_proc: Exsolution Pentlandite; Chalcopyrite Interstitial To Pyrite; Pyrrhotite And Violarite Are Supergene Alteration Of Pentlandite
ore_ctrl: Sulphides Occur In Fine-To-Medium Grained Lobes Of Norite Along The South Contact Of The Intrusion
Reporter: Saso, Jerri L.
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock,Plutonic Rock
arock_unit: Dobie Intrusive Complex
arock_type: Gabbro,Norite
Structure: Intrusives
disc_yr: 1952
References:
  • Deposit:: ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1973 - 74 : NO. MINER, P. 196
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED
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