Mine detail: Thompson Nickel Mine-Canada

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 55.76674, -97.86715

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper
Secondary: Cobalt, Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium, Gold, Silver
Ore: Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite
Gangue: Pegmatite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS
Discovery year: 1956

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1960

Geology

Host rock:Quartzite;Iron Formation;Biotite Schist;Biotite Gneiss
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Ultramafics
Associated type:Komatiite (Ultramafite)
Structure:At Boundary Of Churchill And Superior Province, Large Anticline
Tectonic:Possible Ne - Sw Plate Suture

References

MRDSW002768
DEP10069233
Reference{Deposit:: CORNWALL, HENRY R., 1973, NICKEL: USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P. 437-442.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, HENRY R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS BULL. 1223, P. 20, MAP P. 10-11.}{Deposit:: ZURBRIGG, H.F., 1963, THOMPSON MINE GEOLOGY: CANADIAN MINING AND METALL. BULL., V. 56, NO. 614, P. 451-460.}{Deposit:: MANIFILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FILE OF NONFERROUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD, 1973, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, INDEX NO. A131600005) SKINNER,WALTER J.,1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES,LONDON,P.302. 5)MINING MAGAZINE,9/75,P.1886)CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975,1974,THE NORTHERN MINER,P.166.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1986, INC* NEW OPEN PIT DELIVERS LOW-COST NICKEL ORE: V. 187, NO. 7, P. 10-11.}{Deposit:: BURGER, J.R., 1984, INCO LIMITED DREDGES THOMPSON OVERBURDEN: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, V. 185, NO. 2, P. 42-45.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, MANITOBA: V. 182, NO. 11, P. 156-177.}{Deposit:: SEE REFERENCE}{Production:: WALL STREET JOURNAL, 11/8/74, ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1986, P. 11.}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P., Bolm, Karen S.