Hardy Open Pit

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Platinum, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098417
MRDS ID M046803
Record type Site
Current site name Hardy Open Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.38312, 46.68332 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF LEVACK

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
Platinum Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.38312, 46.68332

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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 JUNE 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1976 - 1977 : NORTHERN MINER

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO MINERAL MAP, 1974, MAP 2310 : ONT. DIV. MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN PIT
Deposit FALCONBRIDGE FIRST OPEN PIT IN SUDBURY AREA. RECOVERING ORE IN MINES CROWN PILLAR

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.