Falconbridge Mine, Sudbury District (Sudbury Complex; Sudbury nickel irruptive), Ontario, Canada

A nickel mine owned by Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd. Ore is in the Sudbury nickel irruptive. Mine was started 1928, attained a depth of at least 4,000 feet (1,300 meters) and closed June, 1984.

Ref.: Davidson, S. (1948) Falconbridge mine. In: Structural Geology of Canadian Ore Deposits. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Montreal, Canada (618-626).

Lockhead, D.R. (1955) A review of the Falconbridge ore deposit. Ecnomic Geology: 50: 42-50.
Mining Annual Review(1985): 308.

Mineral List:

	Albite var: Oligoclase

	Chalcopyrite

	'Chlorite Group'

	Epidote

	Galena

	Gersdorffite

	Ilmenite

	Leucoxene

	Marcasite

	Maucherite

	Microcline

	Nickeline

	Pentlandite

	Pyrite

	Pyrrhotite

	Quartz

	'Sericite'

	Sphalerite

18 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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