Levack West Nickel Mine, Inco: Canada

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Iron

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10070072
MRDS ID	W012737
Record type	Site
Current site name	Levack West Nickel Mine, Inco: Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.39979, 46.64999 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
Canada	Ontario

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Nickel	Primary
Copper	Primary
Iron	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.39979, 46.64999	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1974

Mining district

District name	Sudbury Dist.

Comments on the production information

E/MJ 1975 INDICATES DAILY ORE CAPACITY OF 4,000 TONS (SHORT) PER DAY OR 1,305,000 M.T.P.Y.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W012737

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 1975, 1974, THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 166
Deposit

ENG. MINING JOUR., 1975, 1975 INTERNAC. DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW - HILL, P. 191

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO. - PRODUCTION BEGAN JAN. 1974. CAPACITY OF MINE - 1,310,000 M.T.P.Y.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1975	Shaffer, Glenn L.	U.S. Geological Survey