Commodities (Major) - Nickel, Copper
Development Status: Unknown
Deposit Model: 9: Duluth Cu-Ni-PGE
Host Rock Unit: Ogishke-Knife Lake Sediments
Structure: Several Ne-Trending Normal Faults Parallel The Midcontinent Rift Systam Near The Margin. These Faults Formed During The Opening Of The Rift And Controlled Emplacement Of The Troctolitic And Late Intrusions., At The Serpentine Deposit, Foot
Host Rock: Troctolite
Tectonic Structure: Middle Proterozic Midcontinent Rift System

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Nickel

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Troctolite

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Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10082823

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

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Mid-continent DomainDomain
Mid-continent RiftNarrow Rift

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References

Page, N.J. (1986) Descriptive model of Duluth Cu-Ni-PGE: in Cox, D.P. & Singer, D.A. editors: Mineral Deposit Models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 16.

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