Denison Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038417
MRDS ID M045775
Record type Site
Current site name Denison Mine
Alternate or previous names Denison Mines, Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.59427, 46.48555 (WGS84)
Relative position 77 MI. WEST SUDBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blind River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.59427, 46.48555

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J. E.. 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 70, 71

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.