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Nemeiben Lake

Occurrence in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039337
MRDS ID M046979
Record type Site
Current site name Nemeiben Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.16745, 55.31669 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1970 , 1977

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.16745, 55.31669
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Elliptically Shaped Pluton, 1 Mile In Diameter

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Near Nw Margin Of Pluton

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Saskatchewan

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Aberdeen Minerals/Cadillac Explorations

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIRST AND SECOND ENTRIES ARE UNDERGROUND TONNAGE. A PORTION OF THE UNDERGROUN TONNAGE HAS PROB. BEEN INCLUDED IN THE EAST ZONE OPEN PIT TONAGE (THIRD ENTRY). FOURTH ENTRY IS THE WEST ZONE OPEN PIT TONNAGE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: RECENT GEOCHEMISTRY INDICATES MORE ORE ON WEST EDGE OF PLUTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1973 - 74 : NO. MINER, P. 17

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

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