Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Gold, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Cadmium
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsAltaite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Electrum, Galena, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite
GangueAlbite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration Brought About Silicification And Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1930
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10084800
MRDS IDW700010
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates54.75781, -101.88396
References
MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 18-21.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, MANITOBA: V. 182, NO. 11, P. 156-177.BROWNELL, G.M., AND KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1935, THE FLIN FLON MINE: GEOLOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF THE ORE DEPOSIT, IN THE FLIN FLON MINE OF THE HUDSON BAY MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY LIMITED AT FLIN FLON, MANITOBA, CANADA: PAPERS GIVEN AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, HELD IN WINNIPEG, MARCH, 1935, P. 261-286.ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 12; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.