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Strathcona 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 10106874
MRDS ID M045784
Record type Site
Current site name Strathcona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.36868, 46.65693 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MI. NW OF SUDBURY
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result PGE + AU = APPROXIMATELY 0.4 G/T, OF WHICH PT = 50%, PD = 40%, OS + RH + RU = 5%, AND AU = 5%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.36868, 46.65693
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Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS SUDBURY SUBLAYER INTRUSION AT BASE OF NICKEL IRRUPTIVE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • MUCH OF THE REPORTED PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE IS AGGRGATED WITH THAT OF FALCONBRIDGE MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 976.88M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045784

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 19

  • Deposit

    ABEL AND OTHERS, 1979, COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 275-286.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, W. R., 1975, THE MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: LONDON, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, P. 238.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 189.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1975, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975: THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 125.

  • Other Database

    ISMI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY CONSISTS OF 3 ZONES: GABBRO-NORITE, GRANITE BRECCIA, GNEISS.
Deposit AS OF 11-87, THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM W012731 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM THE DATA BASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey