Bird Lake Chrome Deposit

Prospect in Manitoba, Canada with commodity Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	60000518
MRDS ID	ISM0030
Record type	District
Current site name	Bird Lake Chrome Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-95.38362, 50.46721 (WGS84)

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
Chromium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-95.38362, 50.46721	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	SYNVOLCANIC INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Discovery year	1942

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner PETRA CHROMITE MINES LTD.

Year 1982

Type	Owner
Owner	PETRA CHROMITE MINES LTD.
Year	1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BANNATYNE, B. B., AND TRUEMAN, D. L., 1982, CHROMITE RESERVES AND GEOLOGY OF THE BIRD RIVER SILL, MANITOBA: MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION OPEN FILE REPORT 82-1, 73 P. (RR9, RR16)
Reserve-Resource

DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.

Beyond USGS

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