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Chisel Lake Mine

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303402
MAS/MILS ID 1220150008
Record type Site
Current site name Chisel Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -100.11556, 54.83334 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -100.11556, 54.83334
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Length 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 830708

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS AS A COMPLEX SERIES OF ANASTOMOSING LENSES OCCUPYING THE CONVERGING LIMBS OF TIGHT FOLDS. ABOVE THE 650 LEVEL, THE ORE LENSES BECOME SHEETLIKE APPROX. 18 M THICK AND 244 M LONG, STRIKING N23W,DIP:45E. BELOW THE 650 LEVEL, THE OREBODY IS DIVIDED INTO 3 MAIN, IRREGULARLY SHAPED ORE SHOOTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Mining method Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill
Year of first production 1960
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Chisel Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • AG & AU ARE COMMODITIES. GRADES AND PCT OF AU AND AG IN PROD. A,B, &C ARE UNKNOWN. MILL RECOVERS 60% OF AG AND 50% OF AU.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 2540000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2540000mt ore
    Total resources 2540000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.2999 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 13 wt-pct Zinc Major 1973
    Lead Pb 0.2999 wt-pct Lead Major 1973
    Silver Ag 45 g/mt Silver Minor 1973
    Gold Au 1.7 g/mt Gold Minor 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO SPECIFIC COSTS ON BH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 441M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OTHER OPEN STOPE METHODS
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 725
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 16.76
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *NICKEL NEWS, JAN. 16, 1993, ISSUE NO. 3/52, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    CALLANDER, W.K., HUDSON BAY MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.

  • Deposit

    FLIN FLON CONCENTRATOR IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA,

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 170-173.

  • Deposit

    COOTS, C.J.A., ET AL, GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER-ZINC DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF STALL LAKE MINES LTD., SNOW LAKE AREA. NORTH MANITOBA,

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., VOL. 65, 1970, P. 970-984.

  • Deposit

    COLLISON, M.N., HANDLING SNOW LAKE ORE AT FLIN FLON,

  • Deposit

    CAN. MIN. AND METALL. BUL., APR. 1966, P. 504-507.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES, CHISEL LAKE MINE,

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEVEL. SECTOR, AUG. 1975, OTTAWA.

  • Deposit

    FISH, RICHARD, FLIN-FLON-SNOW LAKE OPERATIONS, CAN. MIN.

  • Deposit

    JOUR., AUG. 1977

  • Deposit

    HUDSON BAY MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., ANN. RPTS. 1966-1980

  • Deposit

    MARTIN, P.L., STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHISEL LAKE OREBODY

  • Deposit

    CIMM TRANS., VOL. LXIX, 1966, P.208-214.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, SNOW LAKE MILL PROVIDES NEW COPPER-ZINC

  • Deposit

    OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUDSON BAY, SEPT. 1979, P.1317-1319.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, NEW LEAD-ZINC CONCENTRATOR AT SNOW LAKE

  • Deposit

    CANADA, AUG. 1979, P. 94-95.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, ZINC PLANT EXPANSION TO COST $20 MILLION,

  • Deposit

    MAR. 5, 1981, P.A10.

  • Deposit

    PABST, MARILYN, SNOW LAKE CONCENTRATOR WILL SPUR NEW MINE

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT FOR HBMS, CAN. MIN. JOUR. AUG. 1979.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, J.F., SNOW LAKE CONCENTRATOR WILL SERVE HUDSON BAY

  • Deposit

    MINES IN MANITOBA, WESTERN MINER, OCT. 1978, P.12-14,16.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, MINING OPERATIONS AT FLIN FLON AND SATEL-

  • Deposit

    ITES, OCT. 1978, P.12-16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HUDSON BAY MINING WILL STOP PRODUCTION AT CHISEL LAKE AND STALL LAKE MINES WHEN THE SNOW LAKE MILL GOES INTO CARE AND MAINTANENCE AT THE END OF 1993. THIS COULD MENA THE LOSS OF 600 JOBS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-1994 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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