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Record: MDI41I11NW00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Strathcona Mine - 1962
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2024-Feb-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Selenium, Platinum Metals, Iron, Cobalt, Bismuth, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Levack

Latitude: 46° 40' 26.04"    Longitude: -81° 20' 34.61"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 473769   Northing: 5168984    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 1962. 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
6CubaniteEconomicOre
7SphaleriteEconomicOre
8GalenaEconomicOre
9ViolariteEconomicOre
10BorniteEconomicOre
11ChalcociteEconomicOre
12MilleriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Journal - Canadian Mining Journal 1978, vol. 99 no. 5

Publication Number: CMJ Page: 48-63  Date: 1978

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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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Book - CIM BULL 1968, VOL 61 #669, P38-54

Publication Number: CIM BULL Date: 1968

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Location: CIM BULLETIN


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

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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Levack Township, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2428 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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 - 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

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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

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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: 66-67, 123, 131  Date: 1985

Author: Lafleur J., Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Folio - Levack Township

Publication Number: GDIF472 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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