Moak Lake

Manitoba, Canada

NickelCopper

Commodities

PrimaryNickel

SecondaryCopper

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeY

Orebody formSYNFORMAL

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Geology

Host rockPeridotite · Metasediments-Mostly Arkoses, Carbonates, & Iron Formations

Associated rockPeridotite · Serpentinized Peridotite

StructureMajor Boundary Between Two Provinces, Near Fault Zone, Sub - Parallel Faults Control Mineralization.

Tectonic settingAt Border Of Churchill And Superior Provinces

AlterationSerpentinization

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Identification

Deposit ID10070064

MRDS IDW012692

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates55.91674, -97.58379

References

24TH INT. GEOL. CONG., 1972, EXCURSIONS. A31 AND C31. P. 1 - 79