(Facility) Flin Flon Zinc Smelter

Plant in Manitoba, Canada with commodity 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. Production statistics
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281165
MAS/MILS ID 1220152026
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Flin Flon Zinc Smelter
Alternate or previous names Flin Flon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.85063, 54.78333 (WGS84)
Elevation 997

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.85063, 54.78333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Production 73000 Mt Slab Zinc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 73000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Refinrd Zinc Produced 83159 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 83159mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *CRU METAL MONITOR, ZINC, SEPT. 1991, P. 7.

  • Production

    *UNKNOWN PUBLICATION, P. 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (9-91) HUDSON BAY MINING AND SMELTING IS TO PROCEED WITH A C$187M MODERNISATION PROGRAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-1994 Hunter U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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