Sunbeam Mine

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056357
MRDS ID TC00018
Record type Site
Current site name Sunbeam Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.25698, 49.735 (WGS84)
Relative position 135 KM EAST OF WINNIPEG, 0.8 KM SOUTH OF STAR LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kenora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • FALCON LAKE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.25698, 49.735

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Plunge direction 55-65 IN THE DIRECTION 330

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1940
Production years 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunbeam

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, D.J., AND OSTRY, G., 1987, GOLD DEPOSITS OF MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT ER86-1, 91 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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