Maybrun Nickel Mine - Canada

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, 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. Mining district
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107293
MRDS ID W012734
Record type Site
Current site name Maybrun Nickel Mine - Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.50024, 49.41667 (WGS84)
Relative position ATIKWA - POPULUS LAKE AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.50024, 49.41667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kenora Dist.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 650000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.64 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLED - UP RESERVES ESTIMATED MARCH 27, 1974, INDICATE SUFFICIENT RESERVES FOR APPROX. 4 YRS. OPERATION, PLUS ORE DEVELOPMENT U/G TO 275 FT. LEVEL. NEW ZONES ARE BEING NEGOTIATED FOR PROD. IN 1975. MILL IS BEING INCREASED TO 248,000 - 265,000 M.T.P.Y.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 1975, P. 204

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAYBRUN MINES LTD. PROPERTY LEASED TO SHERIDAN GEOPHYSICS LTD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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