Sudbury Shakespeare

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095414
MRDS ID M046981
Record type Site
Current site name Sudbury Shakespeare

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.82953, 46.34999 (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
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.82953, 46.34999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ontario

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: UNLIKELY TO BE ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE UNTIL THE YEAR 2000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.