| Deposit ID | 10038425 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045789 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sudburycomplex |
| Alternate or previous names | Sudbury Iruptive |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.18311, 46.66666 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | CENTER OF ERUPTIVE BODY 10 MI NW OF SUDBURY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Ontario |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Palladium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gersdorffite | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Niccolite | Ore |
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sperrylite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | PT AVERAGE = .019 TO .026 OZ/TON (HAWLEY), % OR PT METALS IN PT MINERALS = PT 46.0, PD 41.09, OTHERS 13.0 PT OZ/TON IN ORE MINERALS |
|---|---|
| Result | PYRRHOTITE = PT .148, PD .472 |
| Result | CHALCOPYRITE = PT .078, PD .735 |
| Result | PENTLANDITE = PT .935, PD .440 |
| Result | PYRITE = PT .011, PD .009 |
| Result | MAUCHERITE = PT TRACE, PD 7.223 |
| Result | SUDBURY ORES CONTAIN .025 OZ/TON PLATINOIDS |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite |
| (1) | -81.18311, 46.66666 |
|---|
| General form | ELLIPTICAL RING |
|---|---|
| Length | 59544.1M |
| Width | 27358.1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1883 |
| Discoverer | Thomas Flanagan |
| Year of first production | 1887 |
| District name | Sudbury District |
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 392800000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045789 |
MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630
SOUCH AND PODOLSKY, 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS : ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4
HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. OF CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1
5) CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976, MIN. PT-GROUP OF CU-NI DEPOSITS OF SUDBURY, ONT: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.7
7) CORNWALL, 1973, NICKEL: USGS PROF. PAPER 820
8) CARD AND HUTCHINSON,1972, SUDBURY STRUCTURE: GEOL. ASSN CANADA, SPEC PAPER NO.10.
9) DENCH, 1972, METEORITE IMPACT AND SUDBURY: GEOL. ASSN. CANADA, SPEC. PAPER 10.
10)GUY-BRAY, 1972, SUDBURY GEOLOGY: GEOL. ASSN. CANADA SPEC.PAPER 10
11) CABRI, HARRIS AND GAIT,1973, MICHENERITE AND FROODITE FROM SUDBURY: CAN.MIN. V.11, PT.5
O'NEILL 1934, HAWLEY, 1962
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1975 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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