Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryLead, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Corundum, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz, Sericite, Staurolite, Talc, Tremolite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1973
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID10084797
MRDS IDW700007
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.47507, -99.63778
References
MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 38-41.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, RUTTAN AND FOX SUSTAIN SHERRITTS LONG MANITOBA MINING HISTORY: V. 182, NO. 12, P. 80-83.FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1987, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 13; FOGWILL, AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 31.