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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Diorite
- Associated rock
- Norite
- Orebody form
- IRREGULAR
Cu-Rich Stringer Ore In Levack Breccia Zone.
Brecciation And Embayment Of Granite In Footwall Of Sudbury Irruptive.
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- First production
- 1974
Records and references
CABRI AND LAFLAMME, 1976 , PGM FROM DEPOSITS IN SUDBURY: ECON GEOL V. 71 , NO. 7MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1978 : THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 304EMJ INTERNAT. DIRECTORY MINES AND MINERAL PROCESSING, 1976 , ENG. MIN. JOUR. P. 195HOFFMAN, NALDRETT, ALCOCK, AND HANCOCK, 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVACK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, P. 437
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10039294 — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 46.64999, -81.39979
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Recommended Gear
Estwing E3-22P Rock Pick
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Watertight Medical Kit
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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