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Totten Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038420
MRDS ID M045780
Record type Site
Current site name Totten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.44979, 46.38332 (WGS84)
Relative position 24 MILES WEST OF SUDBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Worthington Offset
    Rock description Worthington Offset
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.44979, 46.38332
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1966
Year of last production 1972

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 711.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE OWNED BY INTERNATIONAL NICKELCO. OF CANADA, LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT : U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 19

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONFORMABLE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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