Manitoba
Producer

Ruttan

Manitoba, Canada
ZincCopperSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Mica, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1973
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10278795
Alternate namesRuttan Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.47507, -99.63386
References
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. PCRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLDAS OF JAN. 1, 1978. P. 15.CUNNINGHAM, E.W. AND G.M. HUGHES. SHERRITT'S RUTTAN MINECONCENTRATOR. CIM BULLETIN, MAY 1975, PP. 86-93.HUGHES, GARRY M. AND J.E. KORSKI. SHERRITT GORDON MINESLIMITED--RUTTAN MINE CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE INCANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, PP. 192-193.SPEAKMAN, D.S. AND I.M. PLUMMER. SURVEYING DIAMOND DRILLHOLES AT SHERRITT GORDON'S RUTTAN MINE. CIM BULLETIN,JAN. 1978, PP. 58-65.MINING MAGAZINE. RUTTAN LAKE PROGRESSES DESPITE TEETHINGTROUBLES. MAY 1974, P. 239.WORLD MINING (U.S. EDITION). HOW SHERRITT GORDON OPERATESCOPPER-ZINC MILLS. MAY 1973, PP. 31-33.MINING MAGAZINE, SHERRITT GORDON TAKES RUTTAN MINE UNDER-GROUND; MAY, 1979, P.395.WALKER, R.S., MAINTENANCE FOR RUTTAN OPERATIONS OF SHERRITTGORDON MINES LIMITED; WESTERN MINER, JULY, 1978, P.9-14.SHERRITT GORDON MINES LTD. STAFF, RUTTAN MINE; IN MINERALINDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH COMMONWEALTHMINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT. 2-28, 1974,SECTION I, ARTICLE C, P.1-36.HALL, A.E., J.P. SAINDON, L.D. NEL AND S.G. HARDCASTLE,FEASIBILITY OF CONTROLLED RECIRCULATION OF EXHAUST AIRTO REDUCE HEATING COSTS AT RUTTAN MINE, MANATOBA, CIMBULL., OCT. 1988, P. 63-69.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, 10/1/88, P. 11.WERNIUK, JANE, MANITOBA MINE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, CANADIANMINING JOURNAL, JAN. 1989, P. 45-49CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-81, P. 247.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.339.MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 21.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 202.CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, RUTTAN GAINS NEW LEASE ON LIFE,NOV. 1990, P. 28-37.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-1993, P-187.