Manibridge Nickel Deposit

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039114
MRDS ID M046656
Record type Site
Current site name Manibridge Nickel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mainbridge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.68772, 54.62115 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSON MANITOBA, 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WABOWDEN

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
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS SHOW PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEXTURES; PRIMARY ARE DISSEMINATED NET TEXTURE, MASSIVE; SECONDARY: NET TEXTURED TO MOBILIZED, BLOTCHY, MASSIVE MOBILIZED, SHEAR MOBILIZED; - MAP AND CROSS - SECTION GIVEN BY COATS ET AL (1976); PENTLANDITE TO PYRRHOTITE RATIO VARIES FROM 2 : 1 TO 1 : 1; NI TO CU RATIO AVERAGES 10

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Saponite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Regional Metamorphism - Serpentinization

Analytical data

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 and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.68772, 54.62115

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Setting Lake Lineament Ne Trending
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting - Brecciation Of Ore Body

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND PODS
    Dip 30 E
    Thickness 48.77M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 390.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Falconbridge
Year of first production 1971
Year of last production 1977

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Period 1971-1977
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.0% Ni, 0.2% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Nickel Nickel 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PGM GRADE BASED ON NALDRET AND CABRI SEG PT SYMPOSIUM DATA AND IS PROBABLY TOO HIGH. MINE CLOSED IN 1977 DUE TO EXHAUSTION OF ECONOMIC ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • HIGH GRADE "A" ZONE AND LOWER GRADE DISSEMINATED "B" ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COATS, GREEN, WILSON, 1976, CIM BULL., V. 69, NO. 767, P. 154 - 159.

  • Deposit

    COATS AND BRUMMER, 1971, GSC, SPEC. PAPER NO. 9, P. 155 - 165.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976-1977: NORTHERN MINER ENGINEERING MIN. JOURNAL, 1977, MANITOBA: ENG. MIN. JOUR., APRIL L977.

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, P. 24.

  • Production

    COATS AND BRUMMER (1971); FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.

  • Reserve-Resource

    COATS AND BRUMMER (1971)

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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