North Star Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056363
MRDS ID TC00027
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.57895, 54.76503 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • FLIN FLON AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.57895, 54.76503

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1958

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1955-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.11% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING BASED ON GEOLOGICAL PROJECTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.

  • Production

    ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 12.

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.