Falconbridge East Nickel Mine, Falconbridge - Canada

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070074
MRDS ID W012739
Record type Site
Current site name Falconbridge East Nickel Mine, Falconbridge - Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.33312, 46.58332 (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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.33312, 46.58332

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Sudbury Dist.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, WALTER R., 1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 236

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 11/10/75, P. 2

  • Deposit

    ENG. MINING JOUR., 1975, 1975 INTERNAC. DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW - HILL, P. 189

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 1975, 1974, THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 125.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMM, 11/75, REPORTS PRODUCTION HAS NOT RESUMED AT EAST FOLLOWING A STRIKE SETTLEMENT. MILL CAPACITY 408,000 MTPY ORE IN 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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