Mine detail: Fox Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

56.63479, -101.63121

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1961

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1970
Last production ended:	1985

Geology

Host type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Alteration processes:	The Orebody Is Enveloped By An Alteration Zone Consisting Of Quartz, Sericite, Albite, Muscovite, Biotite, And Amphibole. It Is Approx. 250 Ft X 1800 Ft. And Extends Well Below The 2900 Level.

References

MRDS	TC00052
DEP	10056387
Reference	{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, RUTTAN AND FOX SUSTAIN SHERRIT * LONG MANITOBA MINING HISTORY: V. 182, NO. 12, P. 80-83.}{Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.}{Deposit:: ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.}{Deposit:: DURUSSEL, E.N., AND MUIRHEAD, J.L., 1981, DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AT SHERRITT GORDO * FOX MINE, WITH THE FOX MINE STORY: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 182, NO. 8, P. 66-85.}{Production:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL,1981, P. 80, ESPOSITO, 1986, P.12.}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S.