Soab North and South Mines

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Tellurium, Cobalt, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium
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. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000582
MRDS ID ISM0202
Record type District
Current site name Soab North and South Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.42189, 55.21006 (WGS84)
Relative position SOAB NORTH AND SOUTH SHAFTS ARE SOME 3 KM APART ALONG STRIKE ; TP 72, 7 WPM

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
Tellurium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Selenium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.42189, 55.21006

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1959
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1971

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner INCO LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner INCO LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COATS, C.J.A., QUIRKE, T.T., JR., BELL, C.K., CRANSTONE, D.A., AND CAMPBELL, F.H.A., 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: 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, EXCURSIONS A-31 AND C31 GUIDEBOOK, 96 P.

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.