Moak Mine

Prospect in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024529
MRDS ID ISM0253
Record type Site
Current site name Moak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.58213, 55.94674 (WGS84)
Relative position SHAFT; 50 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.58213, 55.94674

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ultramafic Sills Emplaced In Metasedimentary Sequence

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name The Pas Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMPSON-MOAK LAKE AREA: MANITOBA MINES BRANCH PUBLICATION 60-4.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL POLICY SECTOR: CORPORATION FILES; INCO LIMITED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.