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Great Lakes Nickel

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039330
MRDS ID M046970
Record type Site
Current site name Great Lakes Nickel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.6237, 48.07778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pigeon Point OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pigeon Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Thunder Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1974

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.6237, 48.07778
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Middle Zone Of N. Arm Of Struct. Is Anorthositic Olivine Gabbro With Sygenetic Sulphides And Diss. Chromium Spinel. Lower Chill Zone Gabbro Has Diss. Sulphide And Mass. Po. Stringers.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GABBRO IS AS ZONED, SILL - LIKE MASSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Lakes Nickel Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIRST ENTRY IS INDICATED VALVE; SECOND ENTRY IS INFERRED VALVE

Comments on the workings information

  • BOLIDEN CANADA LTD. SUSPENDED OPERATIONS OF TUNNEL, ADIT, MINE 10/74 PENDING CLARIFICATION OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, CORPORATE PRIORITIES, GOVT. INITIATIVES WITH REGARD TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. EXTRACTION METHOD: AUTOGENOUS GRINDING PROCESS.

Comments on development

  • 1968 MINE DEVELOPMENTS (ADITS).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR. 1976 , INT. DIREC. MINING, MIN. PROC. OPERATIONS: ENG. MIN. JOUR., P. 195

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

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