Levack Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038441
MRDS ID M045811
Record type Site
Current site name Levack Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.40035, 46.69999 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.40035, 46.69999

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Body Within The Norite

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite Breccia And Massive Sulfides

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1975 WAS 6,600 TONS PER DAY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1193.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J. J. AND GUNNING H.C., 1934, PT. AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 59, 61

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, JB., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P.

  • Deposit

    SOUCH, B. E., AND PODOLSKY, T. 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 260

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 11976-1977: NORTHERN MINES

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.