Mine detail: Manibridge Nickel Deposit

Previously called 'Mainbridge Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

54.62115, -98.68772

Resource(M)

Primary:	Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
Secondary:	Palladium, Platinum, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Saponite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LENSES AND PODS
Discovery year:	1963

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1971
Last production ended:	1977

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Structure:	Setting Lake Lineament Ne Trending, Faulting - Brecciation Of Ore Body
Tectonic:	Churchill - Superior Province Boundary Zone
Alteration processes:	Regional Metamorphism - Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M046656
DEP	10039114
Reference	{Deposit:: COATS, GREEN, WILSON, 1976, CIM BULL., V. 69, NO. 767, P. 154 - 159.}{Deposit:: COATS AND BRUMMER, 1971, GSC, SPEC. PAPER NO. 9, P. 155 - 165.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976-1977: NORTHERN MINER ENGINEERING MIN. JOURNAL, 1977, MANITOBA: ENG. MIN. JOUR., APRIL L977.}{Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, P. 24.}{Production:: COATS AND BRUMMER (1971); FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Oster, Karel L., Bolm, Karen S.