Murray Mine

CA / ON

•46.51666, -81.06645View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Murray Mine is a historic mining site in Ontario, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Norite. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Cobalt, Copper, Cubanite, Gold, Ilmenite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite. The site was discovered in 1883; production began in 1889; workings are underground.

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Found Here

ChalcopyriteCobaltCopperCubaniteGoldIlmeniteMagnetiteMarcasiteNickelPentlanditePyritePyrrhotiteSilver

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Norite
Orebody form: LENS
Tectonic setting: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteCubaniteIlmeniteMagnetiteMarcasitePentlanditePyritePyrrhotite

Structure

Shear

Ore control

Marginal Deposit Adjacent To Norite

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Workings: Underground
Discovered: 1883
First production: 1889

Records and references

Cited references

MERTIE, J.B., JR. 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 630, P. 21HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1, P. 90SOUCH, B. E., AND PODOLSKY, T., 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 258, 259DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P. SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P. CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10103678 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 46.51666, -81.06645

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