Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1970
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10182068
Alternate namesFox Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.63537, -101.65235
References
MINE CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIMCRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBNENUM, SILVER AND GOLDDISPERSION AROUND THE FOX OREBODY IN MANITOBA. CIMLIBBY, D.J. AND J.D. SMITH. DEVELOPMENT OF A SUB-LEVELMINING METHOD WITH DELAYED PILLAR RECOVERY AT SHERRITT'SFOX MINE, MANITOBA. CIM BULLETIN, JAN. 1975, PP. 51-57.SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. SHERRITT GORDON STARTS UP FOXCOPPER-ZINC MINE. OCT. 10, 1970, PP. 1-10.TAYLOR, DON S., ET AL. SHERRITT GORDON MINES LIMITED--FOXMINE CONCENTRATOR, MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIMSPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.190,191.TUREK, A., N.W. TETLEY AND T. JACKSON, A STUDY OF METALDISPERSION AROUND THE FOX OREBODY IN MANITOBA; CIM BULL.,JUNE, 1976, P.104-110.WORLD MINING, HOW SHERRITT GORDON OPERATES COPPER-ZINCMILLS; MAY, 1973, P.31-33(US ED.).CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1980-81, P. 247, 248.FORD, R.A., A REVIEW OF BACKFILL MINING PRACTICES AND TECH-NOLOGY AT THE FOX MINE; IN MINING WITH BACKFILL, CIMSPECIAL VOLUME 19, 1978, P.1-9.