Mine detail: Thompson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 55.72007, -97.85436

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
Discovery year: 1956

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1961
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Thompson Metasedimentary Band
Host type:Peridotite,Schist
Structure:Ultramafic Sills Emplaced In Metasedimentary Sequence.
Tectonic:Prot Supracrustal Sequence Near Margin Of Arch Craton.

References

MRDSISM0198
DEP10024480
Reference{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}
ReporterZwartendyk, Jan