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Soab North and South

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109568
MRDS ID M046242
Record type Site
Current site name Soab North and South
Alternate or previous names Soab Lake, Cross Lake Mining Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.41716, 55.21673 (WGS84)
Relative position 150 MILES NE OF THE PAS, 35 MILES WEST OF THOMPSON

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 Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result NI = .45 TO .75% ORE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 12
USGS model code 6b
Deposit model name Dunitic Ni-Cu

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.41716, 55.21673
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ULTRAMAFIC SILL EMPLACED IN METASEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1971

Mining district

District name Thompason Nickel Belt, The Pas Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 26, 27

  • Deposit

    ZUBRIGG, 1962, THOMPSON MINE GEOL: CAN. MIN. METALL. BULL. 56, P. 451 - 460

  • Deposit

    COATS AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FLIN FLON, LYNN LAKE AND THOMPSON AREAS, MANITOBA AND THE CHURCHILL-SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 24TH, MONTREAL, FIELD EXCURSIONS GUIDEBOOK A31 AND C31, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    ISMI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAST PRODUCTION IN 1971; MINE WAS PUT ON STANDBY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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