Levack West Nickel Mine, Inco: Canada

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Iron
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 10070072
MRDS ID W012737
Record type Site
Current site name Levack West Nickel Mine, Inco: Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39979, 46.64999 (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
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39979, 46.64999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1974

Mining district

District name Sudbury Dist.

Comments on the production information

  • E/MJ 1975 INDICATES DAILY ORE CAPACITY OF 4,000 TONS (SHORT) PER DAY OR 1,305,000 M.T.P.Y.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 1975, 1974, THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 166

  • Deposit

    ENG. MINING JOUR., 1975, 1975 INTERNAC. DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW - HILL, P. 191

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO. - PRODUCTION BEGAN JAN. 1974. CAPACITY OF MINE - 1,310,000 M.T.P.Y.

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.