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Victor Nickel/Copper Deposit

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240558
MAS/MILS ID 1220400166
Record type Site
Current site name Victor Nickel/Copper Deposit
Alternate or previous names Inco, Victor Deep

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -81.09978, 46.29999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF SUDBURY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -81.09978, 46.29999
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inco
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 6800000mt ore
    Indicated 4600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 11400000mt ore
    Inferred 28600000mt ore
    Total resources 40000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2.17 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993
    Copper Cu 0.5 wt-pct Copper Minor 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE IS IN REDEVELOPMENT. SHAFT IS IN PROCESS AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 10/95. MINE PRODUCED IN 1960S AND SHOULD GO INTO BY 2001. MINE WAS WORKED ONLY BRIEFLY.
  • FALCONBRIDGE HAS CONFIRMED REPORTS OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY RICH INTERSECTION AT ITS NICKEL RIM PROPERTY. THE INTERSECTION "PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE DOWNDIP EXTENSION OF THE VICTOR DEPOSIT". DRILLING HAS INTERSECTED 5% NICKEL, 27% COPPER, 11 GM PLATINUM AND 11 GM PALLADIUM PER MT. THE INTERSECTION IS 2,500 M BELOW THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, APRIL 23, 1993.PAGE 291.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUL-1995 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Inco — acquired by Subsidiary of Vale (2007)
    International Nickel Company; acquired by Brazilian miner Vale in 2007 for ~US$18 B.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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