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Alexo Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038763
MRDS ID M046203
Record type Site
Current site name Alexo Mine
Alternate or previous names Noranda Mines, Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.82587, 48.62861 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MILES SE OF KELSO - 20 MILES NE PORCUPINE

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.82587, 48.62861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS - POD
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Body At Contact Of Body Of Serpentinized Peridotite With Pillow Lava

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Larder Lake Mining Division

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)

Comments on the production information

  • 51,860 TONS ORE SHIPPED - 1912 - 1920, PROPERTY THEN OWNED BY MONO NICKEL CO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 80.77M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 25

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J. J. AND GUNNING, H. C., 1934, PT AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: ECON. GEOL. REPT. NO. 13, P. 72

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, ET AL, 1957, CU, NI, PB, ZN DEPOSITS IN ONTARIO: ONTARIO DEPT. MINES, CIRC. 2, P. 32

  • Deposit

    BESSON AND CAPITANT, 1976, NICKEL OF ABITIBI,CA: BULL BRGM (FRENCH)

Reporter information

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

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