Mine detail: Dumont

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Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 48.64999, -78.433
dep_id: 10069227
mrds_id: W002758
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Pentlandite
gangue: Magnesite, Serpentine, Talc
orebody_fm: SILL LIKE
alteration: Greenschist Metamorphism
conc_proc: Initial Magmatic Segregation And Later Serpentinization.
ore_ctrl: Serpentinization Process Concentrates Nickel.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P.
hrock_unit: Andesites
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
arock_unit: Ultramafics
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Trend Of Greenstone Belt, None
tectonic: Abitibi Greenstone Belt.
disc_yr: 1970
References:
  • Deposit:: METALS WEEK METALS SOURCEBOOK, 10/8/73, ITEM #4603 ECKSTRAND, O. R., 1975, THE DUMONT SERPENTINITE: A MODEL FOR CONTROL OF NICKELIFEROUS OPAQUE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES BY ALTERATION REACTIONS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS: ECON. GEOL. V. 70. P. 183 - 201
  • Deposit:: SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P. 225.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 9/74, P.207
  • Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER,1974,CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975,P.115.
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