Pipe Mine

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038798
MRDS ID	M046243
Record type	Site
Current site name	Pipe Mine
Alternate or previous names	Cross Lake Mining Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-98.00047, 55.75007 (WGS84)
Relative position	180 MILES NE OF THE PAS, 16 MILES WEST OF THOMPSON.

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	Tertiary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Pentlandite	Ore
Pyrrhotite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	NI = .45 TO .75% ORE

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-98.00047, 55.75007	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	The Pas Mining District

Comments on the workings information

OWNED BY CANADIAN NICKEL CO. LTD.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046243

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 27
Deposit

ZURBRIGG, 1962, THOMPSON MINE GEOL: CAN. MIN. METALL BULL. 56, P. 453

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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