Levack East Mine

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium

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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10024476
MRDS ID	ISM0194
Record type	Site
Current site name	Levack East Mine
Alternate or previous names	Mccreedy East Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.36646, 46.64999 (WGS84)
Relative position	MINE; 1000 M
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Geographic areas

Country	State
Canada	Ontario

Comments on the location information

ASSUMED LOCATION OF MINE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Nickel	Primary
Copper	Primary
PGE	Primary
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary
Cobalt	Primary
Selenium	Primary
Tellurium	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Rock unit name

Sudbury Sublayer

Rock description

Sudbury Sublayer

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.36646, 46.64999	ListMap

Ore body information

Depth to top 30M

Depth to top	30M

Comments on the geologic information

; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; NO PUBLISHED GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION. PROBABLY OF TYPICAL NORTH RANGE TYPE (SEE LEVACK, STRATHCONA).

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	<1970
Discovery method	Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name	Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)

Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
Home office	Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on the production information

PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Comments on development

NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). COMMODITY COMMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMENTS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	ISM0194
USGS	International Strategic Minerals Inventory	ISMI	NI020
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada	Mineral Policy Sector	CANMPS	41I11N123

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND 30 M INTERMEDIATE

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND 30 M INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-1982	Zwartendyk, Jan	Energy Mines and Resources of Canada