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Pipe Underground

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Gold, Nickel, PGE, Palladium, Platinum, Silver
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  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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157777
MAS/MILS ID 1220150022
Record type Site
Current site name Pipe Underground
Alternate or previous names Pipe Mine, Pipe 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.16268, 55.49176 (WGS84)
Elevation 210

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
Cobalt Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Nickel Skutterudite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.16268, 55.49176
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 160M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 100
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 150
    Date of Last Modification 820902
  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 160M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Strike And Dip N40E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 100
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 150
    Date of Last Modification 820902

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Thompson Nickel Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 13600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 13600000mt ore
    Total resources 13600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.5 wt-pct Nickel Major 1973
    Copper Cu 0.07 wt-pct Copper 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONE OF NUMEROUS SUDBURY OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN THE EVALUATION DATE AND CURRENT (11/86)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 2460M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE W/TIMBERED METHODS
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 13478
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Workings

    JANESON, J., WALL CONTROL TECHNIQUES AT INCO'S PIPE OPEN

  • Workings

    PIT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1979, P.76-78.

  • Deposit

    ACHTER,R.G. AND E.WILSON."RENOVATION OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM

  • Deposit

    AT INCO'S PIPE OPEN PIT."CIM BULLETIN.MONTREAL. APRIL

  • Deposit

    1980 .

  • Deposit

    AZIS,A.,ET AL. "THE UNDISCOVERED MINERAL ENDOWMENT OF THE

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN SHIELD IN MANATOBA." A FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL CO-

  • Deposit

    OPERATIVE STUDY,MINERAL BULLETIN MR124 OF THE DEPART-

  • Deposit

    MENT OF ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES. OTTAWA. PUBLICATION

  • Deposit

    72-1 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES,RESOURCES AND ENVIRON-

  • Deposit

    MENTAL MANAGEMENT. WINNIPEG. 1972.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MONTREAL. NOVEMBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    COATES,C.J.A.,ET AL. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    FLIN FLON,LYNN LAKE AND THOMPSON AREA,MANITOBA,AND THE

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL-SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN

  • Deposit

    SHIELD.24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS. MONTREAL

  • Deposit

    . 1972

  • Deposit

    COATES,C.J.A.,ET AL. GEOLOGY OF THE MOAK-SETTING LAKES AREA,

  • Deposit

    MANITOBA,FIELD TRIP NO.1. GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF

  • Deposit

    CANADA AND MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. AUGUST

  • Deposit

    1970. REVISED DECEMBER 1970

  • Deposit

    DAVIES,J.F.,ET AL. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MANITOBA

  • Deposit

    .DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND NATURAL RESOURCES. WINNIPEG .

  • Deposit

    1962.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES. MINERAL DEVELOPE-

  • Deposit

    MENT SECTOR.PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILES. OTTAWA,CANADA.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES. SURVEYS AND MAPP-

  • Deposit

    ING BRANCH. MYSTERY LAKE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. SCALE

  • Deposit

    1:50,000,MAP 63P/13 EDITION 2. OTTAWA. 1980. PHOTO-

  • Deposit

    GRAPHS,1976; CULTURE CHECK,1978.

  • Deposit

    INCO LTD. AR 1980. 10 K

  • Deposit

    INCO LTD. $CAN75,000,000 9 1/4% DEBENTURE OFFERING. TORONTO.

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 1,1970

  • Deposit

    INCO LTD. $CAN125,000,000 7.85% PREFERRED SHARES SERIES B

  • Deposit

    OFFERING. TORONTO .NOVEMBER 29,1977.

  • Deposit

    INCO LTD. "THE THOMPSON PROJECT."

  • Deposit

    JAMESON,J."WALL CONTROL TECHNIQUES AT INCO'S PIPE OPEN PIT."

  • Deposit

    CIM BULLETIN. MONTREAL. MAY 1979.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER."FACILITIES ALMOST READY TO BOOST OUTPUT AT

  • Deposit

    INCO'S THOMPSON PLANT.".TORONTO . OCTOBER 8,1970.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER."IMPRESSIVE PLANT ARISES IN NORTHERN

  • Deposit

    MANITOBA.".SEPTEMBER 17,1959

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER. TORONTO . JANUARY 11,1979.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER. TORONTO . AUGUST 2,1973.

  • Deposit

    PABST,MARILYN."FRESH IDEAS INCO TRADEMARK IN MANITOBA," AND

  • Deposit

    "CHANGES AIMED AT WORKPLACE SAFETY IN THOMPSON MINE."

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON,J.M. GEOLOGY OF THE THOMPSON-MOAK LAKE AREA. DE-

  • Deposit

    PARTMENT OF MINES AND NATURAL RESOURCES. PUBLICATION

  • Deposit

    60-4. WINNIPEG. 1963.

  • Deposit

    PEREDERY,W.V. AND C.J.A. COATES. GUIDEBOOK FOR NICKLE SUL-

  • Deposit

    FIDE FIELD CONFERENCE. OCTOBER 1978.

  • Deposit

    ROSS,A.R. "THOMPSON: RIPPLES IN THE CANADIAN POND."

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL NICKEL MAGAZINE. TORONTO . 1973.

  • Deposit

    SHARPE,K.R. "SINKING THE SHAFT AND DEVELOPING THE OREBODY OF

  • Deposit

    PIPE NO.2 MINE AT THOMPSON,MANITOBA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA LTD. BY R.F. FRY & ASSOCIATES

  • Deposit

    LTD." TORONTO. APRIL 1970.

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA LTD. "PIPE DEV-

  • Deposit

    ELOPEMENT BIGGEST OF INCO EXPANSION MINES." SUDBURY.

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 1971

  • Deposit

    THE THOMPSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. "CITY OF THOMPSON,THE HUB

  • Deposit

    OF NORTHERN MANITOBA." THOMPSON,MANITOBA.

  • Deposit

    THEYER,P. STRATIGRAPHIC SETTING OF SELECTED ULTRAMAFIC

  • Deposit

    BODIES IN THE SUPERIOR AND CHURCHILL PROVINCES AND CER-

  • Deposit

    TAIN ASPECTS OF NICKEL COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE THOMPSON

  • Deposit

    NICKEL BELT. MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND MINES,

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT

  • Deposit

    ER 79-2. WINNIPEG. 1980

  • Deposit

    ZURBRIGG,H.F. "THOMPSON MINE GEOLOGY." CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF

  • Deposit

    MINING. MONTREAL . JUNE 1963.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-620-PRODUCTION FROM NO. 1 SHAFT SUSPENDED BY DEC.1,19 77-RCD-630-PRODUCTION WAS REDUCED AT OPEN PIT IN OCT.,1971. 77-RCD-630-TOTAL MINING SYSTEM CAPACITY IS RATED AT 14500MTP THE PIPE UNDERGROUND MINE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE THOMPSON MINE. PIPE UNDERGROUND IS PIP 2 MINE,IN THIS LIST, WHICH HAS BEEN PARTIALLY DEVELOPED IN 1975 AND 1977 AND WILL BECOME FURTHER DEVELOPED AND PRODUCING WHEN DEVELOPEMENT AND PRODUCTION BECOME ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. THE PIPE DEPOSIT HAS THREE MINE OPERATIONS: THE PIPE 1 MINE, A SMALL OPERATION ON A SEPARATE DEPOSIT SHUT DOWN SINCE 1971; THE PIPE 2 MINE,WHICH REQUIRES EXTENSIVE DEV- ELOPEMENT PRIOR TO PRODUCTION; AND THE PIPE OPEN PIT MINE,WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION. THE PIPE 2 MINE HAS NEVER BEEN IN PRODUCTION AND HAS NOT BEEN FULLY DEVELOPED LONGHOLE BLASTHOLE METHODS WERE UNDOUBTEDLY PLANNED FOR THE MINE.THE MOST PROBABLE METHOD WOULD HAVE BEEN STOPE SHRINKAGE AND MASS BLASTING OF THE PILLARS.INTO THE EMPTY STOPES (LARGE DIAMETER IN-THE-HOLE BLASTHOLE STOPING OF PRIMARY STOPES AND VERTICAL CRATER RETREAT MINING). IN THE COMMODITY SECTION,THE LAST THREE COMMODITIES,PALL- ADIUM,GOLD,AND "OTHER" ARE ALL PART OF SPARE 35.THE OTHER CATEGORY IN SPARE 35, WITH A GRADE OF 1.956 GRAMS /MT.,WHICH REPRESENTS THE PLATINUM METAL GROUP; OTHER = THE Q-RESERVE DATA WAS DERIVED FROM DIMENSIONAL AND UNPUB- LISHED DATA FOR PIPE 2 MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Rgc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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