Hambone

Occurrence in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, PGE
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039327
MRDS ID M046965
Record type Site
Current site name Hambone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.34077, 55.29173 (WGS84)
Relative position .75 MI. NE OF THE N END HAMBONE LAKE

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
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1959 (?)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.34077, 55.29173

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lg. Drag Fold

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulphides In Drag Fold, Within Gneiss

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GNEISS INTRUDED BY SM, BODIES SERPENTINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1.10 % NI GRADE FOUND IN TWO ZONES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: INCO CORPORATE PRIORITES DICTATE DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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