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Mandy Mine

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056360
MRDS ID TC00023
Record type Site
Current site name Mandy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.8323, 54.7267 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.6 KM SOUTHEAST OF THE FLIN FLON MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • FLIN FLON AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Crusts Of Chalcanthite In Small Fissures In Sulphides From Alteration Of The Copper Minerals; Country Rock Has Undergone Great Alteration, Much Of Which Was Probably Prior To Ore Deposition.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.8323, 54.7267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip 75 TO 80 DEGREES EAST
    Length 68.58M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer Sidney Reynolds And Fred Jackson
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1944
Production years 1916-1919, 1943-1944

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tonopah Mining Co. ; Emergency Metals Ltd.
    First year 1916
    Last year 1919

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1916-1919
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20.18% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 20wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Period 1943-1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5.63% Cu, 13.95% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 14wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R.C., 1927, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF MANITOBA, 2ND ED.: WINNIPEG, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF MANITOBA, 58 P.

  • Deposit

    BRUCE, E.L., 1933, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD: TORONTO, MACMILLAN, 428 P.

  • Production

    ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 12.

Reporter information

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

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