Mine detail: Thompson Mine

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Location:	Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	55.72007, -97.85436
dep_id:	10024480
mrds_id:	ISM0198
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Reporter:	Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit:	Thompson Metasedimentary Band
hrock_type:	Peridotite,Schist
Structure:	Ultramafic Sills Emplaced In Metasedimentary Sequence.
tectonic:	Prot Supracrustal Sequence Near Margin Of Arch Craton.
Year first produced:	1961
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1982
disc_yr:	1956
References:	Deposit:: ZURBRIGG, H.F., 1963, THOMPSON MINE GEOLOGY: CIM BULLETIN, V. 56, NO. 614, P. 451-460. Deposit:: PEREDERY, W.V., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1982, GEOLOGY AND NICKEL SU-LPHIDE DEPOSITS IN THE THOMPSON BELT, MANITOBA, IN HUTCHINSON,- R.W., SPENCE, C.D., AND FRANKLIN, J.M., EDS., PRECAMBRIAN SUL-PHIDE DEPOSITS: H.S. ROBINSON MEMORIAL VOLUME, GEOLOGICAL ASS-OCIATION OF CANADA, SPECIAL PAPER 25, P. 165-209. Deposit:: COATS, C.J.A., QUIRKE, T.T., JR., BELL, C.K., CRANSTONE, D.A., AND CAMPBELL, F.H.A., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEP-OSITS OF THE FLIN FLON, LYNN LAKE, AND THOMPSON AREAS, MANITOB-A, AND THE CHURCHILL-SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN- SHIELD: 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, EXCURSIONS A-31 AND C31 GUIDEBOOK, 96 P. Deposit:: PATTERSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMPSON-MOAK LAKE AREA: MANITOBA DEPT. MINES AND NATURAL RESOURCES, PUBLIC-ATION 60-4, 50 P. Deposit:: INCO LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS: TORONTO, ONTARIO. Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., TORONTO, ONTARIO. Production:: PA1, PA2: RF5, RF6, AND CANMPS MINES SURVEY. PC1: RF5, RF6