| Deposit ID | 10039114 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M046656 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Manibridge Nickel Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Mainbridge Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.68772, 54.62115 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSON MANITOBA, 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WABOWDEN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Manitoba |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Saponite | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Result | CU = .02 TO .91%, NI = .80 TO 20.50%, CO = .016 TO .225%, ZN = .003 TO .029%, S = 1.2 TO 35.9% FOR ANALYSES OF ORE TYPES (COATS ET AL, 1976). PT = 1.269 PPM, PD = 3.429 PPM, (NALDRETT AND CABRI, SEG PT SYMPOSIUM) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -98.68772, 54.62115 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Setting Lake Lineament Ne Trending |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faulting - Brecciation Of Ore Body |
| General form | LENSES AND PODS |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30 E |
| Thickness | 48.77M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 390.14M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1963 |
| Discoverer | Falconbridge |
| Year of first production | 1971 |
| Year of last production | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. |
| Year | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1971-1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2.0% Ni, 0.2% Cu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M046656 |
COATS, GREEN, WILSON, 1976, CIM BULL., V. 69, NO. 767, P. 154 - 159.
COATS AND BRUMMER, 1971, GSC, SPEC. PAPER NO. 9, P. 155 - 165.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976-1977: NORTHERN MINER ENGINEERING MIN. JOURNAL, 1977, MANITOBA: ENG. MIN. JOUR., APRIL L977.
FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, P. 24.
COATS AND BRUMMER (1971); FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.
COATS AND BRUMMER (1971)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COATS AND BRUMMER (1971) GIVE GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA AND MINE SURFACE PLUS THREE CROSS SECTIONS WITH NI CONTENT BLOCKED OUT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1976 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1979 | Oster, Karel L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1989 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.