Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryCobalt
TertiaryPGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model12: Dunitic Ni-Cu
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockPeridotite,Schist
Tectonic settingProterozoic Supracrustal Sequence Near Margin Of Archean Craton
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1967
Last production1971
Discovery year1959
Identification
Deposit ID10109568
MRDS IDM046242
Alternate namesSoab Lake, Cross Lake Mining Division
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates55.21673, -98.41716
References
MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 26, 27ZUBRIGG, 1962, THOMPSON MINE GEOL: CAN. MIN. METALL. BULL. 56, P. 451 - 460COATS AND OTHERS, 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: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 24TH, MONTREAL, FIELD EXCURSIONS GUIDEBOOK A31 AND C31, 96 P.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.ISMI