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Sudbury District Ni Deposits-Canada

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001625
MRDS ID W002749
Record type District
Current site name Sudbury District Ni Deposits-Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.83311, 46.49999 (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
Palladium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.83311, 46.49999
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SHATTER CONES, FOLDS, FAULTS.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description NE-SW TRENDING BASIN STRUCTURE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "THOMSON (1956) AND WILLIAMS (1956) CONCURRENTLY PROPOSED, WITH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE, THAT THE SUDBURY BASIN IS A CALDERA, RELATIVELY STEEP-WALLED AT DEPTH, THAT FORMED BY SUBSIDENCE INTO A VOID LEFT IN AN UNDERLYING MAGMA CHAMBER BY THE CATASTROPHIC ERUPTION OF MORE THAN 300 CUBIC MILES OF TUFFS AND WELDED TUFFS, NOW BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BASIN. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE NORITE AND GRANOPHYRE WERE LATER INTRUDED SEPARATELY, BUT CLOSELY SPACED IN TIME, ALONG RING FRACTURES THAT RIM THE BASIN."..."WILSON (1956) PROPOSED THAT THE IRRUPTIVE COULD HAVE BEEN INTRUDED VIRTUALLY IN ITS PRESENT FORM AS A SINGLE BODY OF MAGMA THAT CRYSTALLIZED AND DIFFERENTIATED IN PLACE TO DEVELOP A LOWER NORITE ZONE AND UPPER GRANOPHYRE SEPARATED BY A MIXED OR TRANSITIONAL ZONE."..."SPEERS (1957), IN A RECENT STUDY OF THE BRECCIA, CONCLUDED THAT IT PREDATES THE IRRUPTIVE, IS NOT A TECTONIC, AND PROBABLY FORMED DURING THE EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF TUFFS AND WELDED TUFFS THAT RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF A CALDERA..."..."AN IMPACT-CRATER ORIGIN HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY DIETZ (1962): THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE IN ONTARIO, CANADA, IS INTERPRETED AS A 1.7-BILLION-YEAR-OLD ASTEROID IMPACT STRUCTURE OR 'ASTROBLEME' CREATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1883

Mining district

District name SUDBURY DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner INTERNATIONAL NICKEL CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, LTD.
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner ARCADIA NICKEL CORP
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS BULL. 1223, P. 26, MAP P. 10-11

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 9/10/73, ITEM #A4250.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 9/24/73, ITEM # A4447.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1973, NICKEL: USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P. 437-442.

  • Deposit

    MANIFILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FILE OF NONFERROUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD, 1973, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, INDEX NO. A15000300.

  • Deposit

    BOLDT, JOSEPH R., JR., 1967, THE WINNING OF NICKEL: PRINCETON, N.J., D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., INC., P. 43

Beyond USGS

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

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