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Fox

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182068
MAS/MILS ID 1220150002
Record type Site
Current site name Fox
Alternate or previous names Fox Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -101.65235, 56.63537 (WGS84)
Elevation 450

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
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -101.65235, 56.63537
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 884M
    Length 457M
    Width 31M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Strike And Dip N85E:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 810316
  • Area 15HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1970
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sherritt Gordon Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 5367000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5367000mt ore
    Total resources 5367000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 2.21 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980
    Copper Cu 1.77 wt-pct Copper Major 1980
    Silver Ag 10 g/mt Silver Minor 1980
    Gold Au 0.2999 g/mt Gold Minor 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 63000mt ore
    Total resources 63000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.77 wt-pct Copper Major 0
    Zinc Zn 2.21 wt-pct Zinc Major 0
    Silver Ag 10 g/mt Silver Minor 0
    Gold Au 0.3 g/mt Gold Minor 0

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 662M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method PILLAR AND CHAMBER 10-42
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 94
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 12.01
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WORLD MINING, HOW SHERRITT GORDON OPERATES COPPER-ZINC

  • Production

    MILLS; MAY, 1973, P.31-33(US ED.).

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1980-81, P. 247, 248.

  • Workings

    FORD, R.A., A REVIEW OF BACKFILL MINING PRACTICES AND TECH-

  • Workings

    NOLOGY AT THE FOX MINE; IN MINING WITH BACKFILL, CIM

  • Workings

    SPECIAL VOLUME 19, 1978, P.1-9.

  • Deposit

    MINE CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM

  • Deposit

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Deposit

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBNENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Deposit

    DISPERSION AROUND THE FOX OREBODY IN MANITOBA. CIM

  • Deposit

    LIBBY, D.J. AND J.D. SMITH. DEVELOPMENT OF A SUB-LEVEL

  • Deposit

    MINING METHOD WITH DELAYED PILLAR RECOVERY AT SHERRITT'S

  • Deposit

    FOX MINE, MANITOBA. CIM BULLETIN, JAN. 1975, PP. 51-57.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. SHERRITT GORDON STARTS UP FOX

  • Deposit

    COPPER-ZINC MINE. OCT. 10, 1970, PP. 1-10.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, DON S., ET AL. SHERRITT GORDON MINES LIMITED--FOX

  • Deposit

    MINE CONCENTRATOR, MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.190,191.

  • Deposit

    TUREK, A., N.W. TETLEY AND T. JACKSON, A STUDY OF METAL

  • Deposit

    DISPERSION AROUND THE FOX OREBODY IN MANITOBA; CIM BULL.,

  • Deposit

    JUNE, 1976, P.104-110.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU CONCENTRATES. IS SOLD TO MITSUBISHI CO. OF JAPAN. ZN CONC. IS SOLD TO HUDSON BAY MINING & SMELTING CO. LTD. FOR PROCESSING AT FLIN FLON ELECTROLYTIC ZINC PLANT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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