Longvack South Nickel Mine, Falconbridge: Canada

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070069
MRDS ID W012732
Record type Site
Current site name Longvack South Nickel Mine, Falconbridge: Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.49979, 46.66666 (WGS84)

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.49979, 46.66666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1968

Mining district

District name Sudbury Dist.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY APRIL 1972, RESUMED LATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, WALTER R., 1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK; FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 236

  • Deposit

    ENG. MINING JOUR., 1975, 1975 E/MJ INTERNAC. DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW - HILL, P. 190

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1974, THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 125.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, LTD. PRODUCTION SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY APRIL 1972, RESUMED LATER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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