Description
Alex Desautels
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryArsenic, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Chlorite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDiabase
AlterationSilicification, Carbonitization, Sericitization, Epidotization, Chloritization, Albitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1932-1968, 1982-1983
First production1932
Discovery year1911
Identification
Deposit ID10084905
MRDS IDW700133
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates51.03334, -95.60034
References
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1985, GOLD DEPOSITS GUIDEBOOK: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 146 P.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.BOYLE, R.W., 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS (TOGETHER WITH A CHAPTER ON GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THE ELEMENT): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P.FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.RICHARDSON, D.J., AND OSTRY, G., 1987, GOLD DEPOSITS OF MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT ER86-1, 91 P.RICHARDSON, AND OSTRY, 1987, P. 21.FOGWILL AMD BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.