Hititrite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038800
MRDS ID M046245
Record type Site
Current site name Hititrite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.3781, 50.24139 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 MILES E. LAC DU BONNET, SE MANITOBA

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
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result TENOR PT METALS = .02%, .27 TO 3.23% CU, .19 TO 1.68% NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.3781, 50.24139

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lac Du Bonnet Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.