East Falconbridge

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum, Copper, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039221
MRDS ID M046807
Record type Site
Current site name East Falconbridge
Alternate or previous names Falconbridge East

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.7831, 46.57555 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE EAST OF FALCONBRIDGE

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
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Gersdorffite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.7831, 46.57555

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ELLIPTICAL INTRUSIVE 37 MI BY 17 MI

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1950.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1976 - 1977 : NORTHERN MINER, P. 120

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., JR. 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF PT METALS: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 630

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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