Mine detail: Birchtree Mine

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Location: Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 55.70229, -97.9252
dep_id: 10024481
mrds_id: ISM0199
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Selenium, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Pipe Metasedimentary Band
hrock_type: Peridotite,Schist
Structure: Sheared Ultramafic Sill In Metasedimentary Sequence.
tectonic: Prot Supracrustal Sequence Near Margin Of Arch Craton.
Year first produced: 1969
yr_lst_prd: 1977
disc_yr: 1964
References:
  • THEYER, 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
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