East 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038439
MRDS ID M045808
Record type Site
Current site name East Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.78894, 46.6161 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES NE 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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.78894, 46.6161

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Edge Of Norite Body

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1817.83M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 53, 55, 89

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOL. OF PT METALS: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 21

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.