Mine detail: Fox Mine

Location:	Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	56.63479, -101.63121
dep_id:	10056387
mrds_id:	TC00052
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	LENSE
alteration:	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.
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Year first produced:	1970
yr_lst_prd:	1985
disc_yr:	1961
discr:	Sherritt Gordon
References:	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.