Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryCobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formMASSIVE LENSES AND DISSEMINATED
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cubanite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Rice Lake Group Consisting Of Andesitic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks
StructureLater Folding And Intrusion Of Granite And Gabbros
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1969
Last production1973
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10106902
MRDS IDM046655
Alternate namesBird River Claim Group, Catlake Area, Maskwa Lake
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates50.48306, -95.48589
References
KARUP - MOLLER AND BRUMMER, 1971, GAC SPEC. PAPER NO. 9, P. 143 - 154CAN. MIN AND MET., 1976, P. 104HOGAN, 1977, PT METALS IN CAN. MIN. YEARBOOK 1974: CA. DEPT. ENERGY AND MINES P.395COATS,C.J.A., STOCKFORD,H.R., AND BUCHAN,R., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE MASKWA WEST NICKEL DEPOSIT, MONITOBA: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, PP.309-318FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.1949 DIREXPL MASKWA NICKEL CHROME MINES LTD1965 DIREXPL MASKWA NICKEL CHROME MINES LTDFOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.KARUP - MOLLER AND BRUMMER (1971)