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Fecunis North Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038438
MRDS ID M045807
Record type Site
Current site name Fecunis North Mine
Alternate or previous names Fecunis Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.34979, 46.64999 (WGS84)
Relative position 21 MILES NW SUDBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • BLAIR ORIGINALLY REPORTED THE LOCATION AS 46-43-38N AND 081-21-57W; THE CURRENT LOCATION IS FROM ISMI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Selenium Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.34979, 46.64999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 4, 193

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, 1959, GEOLOGY OF FALCONBRIDGE TOWNSHIP: ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT (1957), V. 66, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, W.R., 1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: LONDON, FINANCIAL TIMES, P. 236.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 189.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1976, 1976 INTERNATIONAL DEIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 194.

  • Other Database

    ISMI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN FOOTWALL BRECCIA BELOW THE BASE OF THE SUDBURY NICKEL IRRUPTIVE.
Deposit AS OF 11-87, THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM W012741 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM THE DATA BASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.

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