Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
TertiaryPlatinum, Zinc, Gold, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPIPE-LIKE BODIES
Ore controlShear And Breccia Zones In Intrusives
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueActinolite, Labradorite
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock · Lynn Lake Gabbro';El Gabbro
StructureVolcanic And Sedimentary Country Rock With Discordant Intrusives; Several Ne Trending Faults Steeply Dipping To The West.
Tectonic settingChurchill Province, Precambrian Shield
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1953
First production1954
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10106889
MRDS IDM046247
Alternate namesSherritt - Gordon Mines, Ltd.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.85285, -101.05313
References
MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 27ZURBRIGG, 1962, THOMPSON MINE GEOL: CAN. MIN. METALL. BULL. 56, P. 452SHERRITT - GORDEN LYNN LAKE PROJECT, 1955: TRANS. CAN. INST. OF MIN. METALL, V. LVIII, P. 187COATS, QUIRKE, BELL, CRANSTONE AND CAMPBELL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FLIN FLON, LYNN LAKE AND THOMPSON AREAS, MANITOBA, AND THE CHURCHILL - SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD EXCURSION A31 - C31, 96P.(CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION) ITEM 3; COATS, QUIRKE AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF FLIN FLON,..., 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOL. CONGR.TRANS. CAN. INST. MIN. METALL, V. LVIII, 1955