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Namew Lake

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE
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  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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056371
MRDS ID TC00036
Record type Site
Current site name Namew Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.77923, 54.23058 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 KM S OF FLIN FLON

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 Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.77923, 54.23058
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1984
Discoverer Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining Co., Ltd. (60%) And Outokumpu Oy (Finland) (40%)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 234000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2.44 wt-pct Nickel Major 1985
    Copper Cu 0.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,350 FT EXPLORATION SHAFT

Comments on development

  • UNDER DEVELOPED; $68 MILLION TO BE SPENT TO BRING INTO PRODUCTION BY LATE 1988; DISCOVERED BY AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS AND FOLLOWUP DRILLING ; TOTAL$: 60 ; MILL.CAP: 525,000 ST/YR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1989, HIGH-GRADE NAMEW LAKE NICKEL-COPPER MINE STARTS UP IN MANITOBA: V. 190, NO. 1, P. 14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY LIES UNDER NAMEW LAKE ABOUT 2000 FT FROM SHORE

Reporter information

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

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

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