Copper Cliff South

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106903
MRDS ID M046799
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cliff South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.16645, 46.33332 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF 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
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Altaite Ore
Bismuth Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Hessite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.16645, 46.33332

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Offset Ore Body Near Norite

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

  • 1975 PROD. AVG. 5700 TONS PER DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976, PT - GROUP MINERALOGY, SUDBURY, ONT. ; ECON. GEOL., V. 71, NO. 7

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1977 : NORTHERN MINER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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