Mine detail: Werner Lake Nickel Deposit-Canada

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 50.25, -96.00034
dep_id: 10069230
mrds_id: W002762
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
ore_ctrl: Mine Includes A Number Of Sulphide Deposits Associated With A Series Of Serpentinized Ultramafic Lenses Located Along Fault Zone And Consisting Largely Of Peridotite With Associated Hornblende Peridotite And Pyroxenite.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Peridotite
References:
  • Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS BULL. 1223, P. 25
  • Deposit:: BOLDT, JOSEPH R., JR., 1967, THE WINNING OF NICKEL, ITS GEOLOGY, MINING, AND EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY: PRINCETON, N.J., D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., INC., P. 43
  • Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER,1974,CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975,P.88.
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