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Ruttan

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084797
MRDS ID W700007
Record type Site
Current site name Ruttan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.63778, 56.47507 (WGS84)
Relative position 81 ROAD MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYNN LAKE AND 15 MILES EAST OF LEAF RAPIDS

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
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Galena Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Corundum Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.63778, 56.47507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip 70 DEGREES SOUTH
    Plunge 60 DEGREES EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Year of first production 1973

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.47% Cu, 0.91% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1973-1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.23% Cu, 1.50% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.71 wt-pct Copper Major 1980
    Zinc Zn 1.18 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 19321230000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.46 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Zinc Zn 1.21 wt-pct Zinc Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.64 wt-pct Copper Major 1986
    Zinc Zn 1.21 wt-pct Zinc Major 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OPEN PIT RAN FROM 1973 UNTIL 1980. UNDERGROUND MINING WAS BEGUN IN 1981.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 150 ; ECON.COM: IN 1986 COSTS AVERAGED $.55/LB OF CU; SHERRITT GORDON ENTITLED TO 50% NET PROFIT INTEREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 38-41.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, RUTTAN AND FOX SUSTAIN SHERRITTS LONG MANITOBA MINING HISTORY: V. 182, NO. 12, P. 80-83.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1987, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.

  • Production

    ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 13; FOGWILL, AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 31.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE ZONE HAS A MAXIMUM STRIKE OF ABOUT 2700 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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