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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 10024594
MRDS ID ISM0318
Record type Site
Current site name Pipe No. 2 Open Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.15048, 55.50006 (WGS84)
Relative position OPEN PIT; 400 M

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

  • TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 36 KM
  • TOWNSHIP 75, 5 WEST OF PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS

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 Sills Emplaced In Metasedimentary Sequence.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT; PYRRHOTITE + PENTLANDITE + CHALCOPYRITE; COOPERITE + BRAGGITE; AVERAGE DIP OF REEF 45 DEGREES W; AVERAGE THICKNESS 2.5 M; UNECONOMIC DISSEMINATION OF PGM MINERALS AND SULPHIDES IN UNALTERED IGNEOUS ROCKS, BUT RELATIVELY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS IN SERPENTINIZED ZONES; CONTAMINATION OF MAGMA BY FOOTWALL DOLOMITES, DEHYDRATION AND DEGASSING OF THESE XENOLITHES CAUSED EXTENSIVE ALTERATION AND SERPENTINIZATION IN THE IGNEOUS ROCKS; ANHYDRITE IN THE DOLOMITE IS A LIKELY SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL SULPHUR INTRODUCED INTO THE MAGMA.
  • INTENSE FOLDING, FAULTING, METAMORPHISM AND MOBILIZATION OF SULPHIDES.; EPROT; RB/SR: 1.7-1.8 GA; PYTT + PNLD + PYRT + VOLR. NO INFORMATION ON PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS.; THE ORE COMPRISES SULPHIDE STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATIONS, MAINLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE N-NE STRIKING SERPENTINE LENS WHICH OCCUPIES THE WEST LIMB OF A TIGHT, STEEPLY DIPPING 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 The Pas

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • KG VAN DER MERWE, M.J. (1976): THE LAYERED SEQUENCE OF THE POTGIETERSRUS LIMB OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX.-ECON. GEOL. 71/7, 1337-1351.
  • NALDRETT, A.J., HOFFMAN, E.L., GREEN, A.H., CHOU, CHEN-LIN, NALDRETT, S.R., AND ALCOCK, R.A., 1979, THE COMPOSITION OF NI-SULFIDE ORES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR CONTENT OF PGE AND AU; CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, P. 403-415.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(WELL INVESTIGATED AREA WITH LARGE RESOURCES); ONLY DEPOSIT IN THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, WHERE NI AND CU ARE ECONOMICALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PGM'S.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY DATA BASE

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.). 1 M AND MORE
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Swartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada

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