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Record: MDI41I11NW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Boundary Mine - 1956
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1979-Nov-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-11
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Selenium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Iron, Cobalt, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Levack

Latitude: 46° 37' 55.27"    Longitude: -81° 23' 30.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 470002.734   Northing: 5164347.643    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I11NW

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

Owned by Falconbridge. Produced 1956-73. Production reported in Falconbridge (MDI41I10SW00004).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4PentlanditeEconomicOre
5MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Sudbury mining area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2170 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1969

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Sudbury data series, Levack Township, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2475 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1982

Author: Adlington R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)

Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 93  Date: 1957

Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 266-267  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Geology of Cascaden, Dowling, Levack and Trill townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: OFR5533 Page: 123, 131  Date: 1985

Author: Lafleur J., Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Levack Township

Publication Number: GDIF472 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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