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Levack Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium, Selenium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024475
MRDS ID ISM0193
Record type Site
Current site name Levack Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.37757, 46.65193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • MINE; 300 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary
Selenium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Sudbury Sublayer;Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex
    Rock description Sudbury Sublayer;Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.37757, 46.65193
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion (At Base Of Nickel Irruptive) And Underlying Footwall Breccia.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; THE ORE BODY LIES AT THE BASE OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, AND CONSISTS OF STRINGERS OF MASSIVE SULPHIDE IN THE FOOTWA-LL FELDSPATHIC GNEISS; OVERLAIN BY SULPHIDES CONTAINING FOOTWA-LL FELDSPATHIC GNEISS INCLUSIONS (30% OF ORE); OVERLAIN BY DIS-SEMINATED SULPHIDES IN THE MATRIX OF A LEUCOCRATIC BRECCIA (70-% OF ORE); OVERLAIN BY PATCHY DISSEMINATED INTERSTITIAL SULPHI-DES IN SUBLAYER GABBRO-NORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). COMMODITY COMMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMENTS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000859.

  • Deposit

    YATES, A.B., 1948, PROPERTIES OF INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, IN WILSON, M.E., ED., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY -OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, A SYMPOSIUM: MONTREAL, CANADIAN INS-TITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 596-617.

  • Deposit

    SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHI-DE ORES OF SUDBURY--THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINC-TIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WILS-ON, H. D. B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MO-NOGRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND 30 M INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

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