Victoria Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103676
MRDS ID M045788
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.38896, 46.42277 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 MILES SW 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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHALCOPYRITE ORE = .15 OZ/TON DICKSON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.38896, 46.42277

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE OWNED BY INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS OF CANADA: ECON. GEOLOGY REPT. NO. 13, P. 58

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT. METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 19

  • Deposit

    DICKSON, 1905, PT METALS: JOUR. CAN. MIN. INST. V, 8, P. 203

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.