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Fecunis-North Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024574
MRDS ID ISM0298
Record type Site
Current site name Fecunis-North Mine
Alternate or previous names North Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.3534, 46.65693 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE; 200 M
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex
    Rock description Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.3534, 46.65693
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Footwall Breccia Below The Base Of The Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLIVINE DIABASE DIKE; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP. PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS: NO INFORMATION. PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THOSE REPORTED FOR INCO SUDBURY MINES UNDER CREIGHTON.; LITTLE PUBLISHED GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION. THE OREBODY OCCURS MAINLY WITHIN GRANITE BRECCIA, FORMING A TROUGH-LIKE STRUCTURE BELOW THE BASE OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE. MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF MASSIVE SULPHIDE STRINGERS, AND HEAVY COARSE DISSEMINATIONS, GRADING INTO UNECONOMIC FINER DISSEMINATIONS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1965
Year of last production >1985

Mining district

District name Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0298
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI PGE03
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41 III NI19

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY DATA BASE

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 40 M INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Swartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada