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Chisel Lake

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073062
MRDS ID W018871
Record type Site
Current site name Chisel Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.11556, 54.82865 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 KM SW OF SNOW LAKE AND 120 KM EAST 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
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Altaite Ore
Boulangerite Ore
Bournonite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Geocronite Ore
Gold Ore
Hessite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Cordierite Gangue
Gahnite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization; A Spectacular Hydrothermal Alteration Mineral Assemblage

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Chronological age 1889
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Qtz Staurolite-Biotite-Sericite-Garnet Schists & Gneises
    Rock description Qtz Staurolite-Biotite-Sericite-Garnet Schists & Gneises

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.11556, 54.82865
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Flin Flon Greenstone Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Threehouse Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form COMPLEX FOLDED ANASTOMOSING LENSES
    Strike NW
    Dip 45 DEG W
    Thickness 20M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 430M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Features And Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Hudson Bay M&S Co. Ltd
Year of first production 1960

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay M And S Co. Ltd

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9.4 % Zn, .5 % Cu, .4 % Pb, 34 G/Mt Ag, 1.4 G/Mt Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 34g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1960-1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.60% Cu, 10.94% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 11wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.42 % Cu, 7.0% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Period 1960-1990
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.57 G/T Au, 43.6 G/T Ag, 0.58 % Cu, 10.66 % Zn, 17% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 17wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 11g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 44g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.1 G/T Au, 29.5 G/T Ag, 0.23% Cu, 8.8% Zn, 0.6% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 30g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO CONCENTRATOR AT FLIN FLON. ABOUT 657 MTPD ORE SHIPPED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 2920000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 12 wt-pct Zinc Major 1968
    Copper Cu 0.39 wt-pct Copper Major 1968
    Gold Au 16.8 g/mt Gold Minor 1968
    Silver Ag 42 g/mt Silver Minor 1968
    Lead Pb 0.7 wt-pct Lead Minor 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 292000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 12 wt-pct Zinc Major 1968
    Copper Cu 0.39 wt-pct Copper Major 1968
    Gold Au 16.8 g/mt Gold Minor 1968
    Silver Ag 42 g/mt Silver Minor 1968
    Lead Pb 0.7 wt-pct Lead Minor 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 2238757000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 9.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1984
    Copper Cu 0.32 wt-pct Copper Major 1984

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 442M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 3 COMPARTMENT SHAFTS TO 442 M. 7 LEVELS. SINGLE MAIN OREBODY ABOVE 198 LEVEL IS 18 M THICK, 245 M LONG STRIKES N 23 W, DIPS 45 DEG E. BELOW 198 M LEVEL, ORE IS MORE COMPLEX. INVESTING $20 MILLION TO DEVELOPE OPEN-PIT MINE TO EXTRACT THE CROWN PILLAR. 1990: ORIGINAL MINE SHUT DOWN WHILE PRESENTLY MINING FROM THE OPEN PIT. PIT SIZE 286 M X 128 M TO 76 M LEVEL. STRIP RATIO 1:1.67.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES; 1987 - NEW ORE BODIES BEING DISCOVERED DEEPER IN MINE. CHISEL NORTH DISCOVERED IN 1987. 1984-1990: 62,000 M DRILLED FROM SURFACE AT AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 700 M PER HOLE. ; MILL.CAP: 1,000 MT/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN, P. L., 1966, STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHISEL LAKE OREBODY; TRANS. OF CAN. INST. MINING & METALL. VOL. 69 P. 208-214

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL HUDSON BAY - ORE LOCATE

  • Production

    ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 12.; CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING, FEB 1969 P. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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