Copper-Man

Occurrence in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056374
MRDS ID TC00039
Record type Site
Current site name Copper-Man

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.87388, 54.64921 (WGS84)
Relative position S OF WEKUSKO LAKE

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.87388, 54.64921

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 221308000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.46 wt-pct Zinc Major 1985
    Copper Cu 2.63 wt-pct Copper Major 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.