Strathy Township

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038769
MRDS ID M046210
Record type Site
Current site name Strathy Township

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.83306, 47.08555 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 MI. 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
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Asbestos Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Peridotite Altered To Serpentine

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE VEIN = 6.54% NI, 6.4% CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.83306, 47.08555

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OVAL SHAPE
    Length 1206.98M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Timiskaming Mining Div.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS OF CANADA: ECON. GEOL. REPT. NO. 13, P. 71 - 72

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO DEPT. MINES REPT., V. 40, PT. 1, 1931, P. 22

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.