Mine detail: Birchtree Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 55.70229, -97.9252

Resource(M)

Primary: Selenium, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Tellurium
Discovery year: 1964

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1969
Last production ended: 1977

Geology

Host rock:Pipe Metasedimentary Band
Host type:Peridotite,Schist
Structure:Sheared Ultramafic Sill In Metasedimentary Sequence.
Tectonic:Prot Supracrustal Sequence Near Margin Of Arch Craton.

References

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DEP10024481
ReferenceTHEYER, P., 1980, STRATIGRAPHIC SETTING OF SELECTED ULTRAMAFIC BODIES IN THE SUPERIOR AND CHURCHILL PROVINCES AND -CERTAIN ASPECTS OF NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE THOMPSON NICK-EL BELT: MANITOBA DEPT. ENERGY AND MINES, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RE-PORT ER79-2, 71 P
ReporterZwartendyk, Jan