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Record: MDI41I11NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hardy Mine - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1979-Nov-02
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' 51.7"    Longitude: -81° 23' 59.55"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 469390.73   Northing: 5164240.642    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I11NW

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

Owned by Falconbridge. Production began in 1953. 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

Book - CIMM 1956 TRANS VOL 59 P.37-43

Publication Number: TRANS 59 Date: 1956

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: CIMM


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

Location:


Map - Levack Township and the northern part of Dowling Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0091 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Langford F.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology of Levack Township and the northern part of Dowling Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: PR1960-05 Page: 70-75  Date: 1998

Author: Langford F.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 89  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

Location:


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

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5533 Page: 70, 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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