Commodities
PrimaryCobalt, Copper, Nickel
SecondaryPalladium, Platinum, Gold
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES AND PODS
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueSaponite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockDunite
StructureSetting Lake Lineament Ne Trending, Faulting - Brecciation Of Ore Body
Tectonic settingChurchill - Superior Province Boundary Zone
AlterationRegional Metamorphism - Serpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1971
Last production1977
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10039114
MRDS IDM046656
Alternate namesMainbridge Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates54.62115, -98.68772
References
COATS, GREEN, WILSON, 1976, CIM BULL., V. 69, NO. 767, P. 154 - 159.COATS AND BRUMMER, 1971, GSC, SPEC. PAPER NO. 9, P. 155 - 165.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976-1977: NORTHERN MINER ENGINEERING MIN. JOURNAL, 1977, MANITOBA: ENG. MIN. JOUR., APRIL L977.FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, P. 24.COATS AND BRUMMER (1971); FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.