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Pipe No. 2 Open Pit

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024482
MRDS ID ISM0201
Record type Site
Current site name Pipe No. 2 Open Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.15048, 55.50006 (WGS84)

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

  • TP 75, 5 WPM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Selenium Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.15048, 55.50006
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ultramafic Sill Emplaced In Metasedimentary Sequence.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTING; THE GABBRO-NORITE IS ONLY MINERALIZED WHERE THE ROOIPOORT NORITE-ANORTHOSITE (CRITICAL ZONE) TRANSGRESSES OVER THE- ZOETVELD SUB-SUITE (LOWER ZONE).
  • INTENSE FOLDING, FAULTING, METAMORPHISM AND MOBILIZATION OF SULPHIDES.; EPROT; RB-SR: 1.7-1.8 GA; PYTT + PNLD + PYRT + VOLR; THE ORE COMPRISES SULPHIDE STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATIONS, MAINLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE N-NE STRIKING SERPENTIN-E LENS WHICH OCCUPIES THE WEST LIMB OF A TIGHT, STEEPLY DIPPIN-G FOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Year of first production 1970
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name Thompson Nickel Belt (The Pas Mining District)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR THOMPSON MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR THOMPSON MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(UNLIKELY TO BE EXPLOITED IN THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PGE MARKET. ORE RESERVE NOT YET ESTIMATED.); NO PRODUCTION PLANNED FOR NEAR FUTURE. ; ECON.COM: UNLIKELY TO BE EXPLOITED IN THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PGE MARKET. ORE RESERVE NOT YET ESTIMATED.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). COMMODITY COMMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMENTS FOR THOMPSON MINE.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0706 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COATS, C.J.A., QUIRKE, T.T., JR., BELL, C.K., CRANSTONE, D.A., AND CAMPBELL, F.H.A., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEP-OSITS OF THE FLIN FLON, LYNN LAKE, AND THOMPSON AREAS, MANITOB-A, AND THE CHURCHILL-SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN- SHIELD: 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, EXCURSIONS A-31 AND C31 GUIDEBOOK, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    PEREDERY, W.V., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1982, GEOLOGY AND NICKEL SU-LPHIDE DEPOSITS IN THE THOMPSON BELT, MANITOBA, IN HUTCHINSON,- R.W., SPENCE, C.D., AND FRANKLIN, J.M., EDS., PRECAMBRIAN SUL-PHIDE DEPOSITS: H.S. ROBINSON MEMORIAL VOLUME, GEOLOGICAL ASS-OCIATION OF CANADA, SPECIAL PAPER 25, P. 165-209.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE 30 M INTERMEDIATE
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). 3 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

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