Mine detail: Thompson Nickel Mine-Canada

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Location:	Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	55.76674, -97.86715
dep_id:	10069233
mrds_id:	W002768
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel, Copper
Minor mineral:	Cobalt, Platinum
Trace mineral:	Palladium, Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite
gangue:	Pegmatite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS
conc_proc:	Uncertain: Probably Magmatic Injection Followed By Metamorphic Remobilization
ore_ctrl:	In Schists, Concentrated In Fold Noses.
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit:	Quartzite;Iron Formation;Biotite Schist;Biotite Gneiss
hrock_type:	Quartzite
arock_unit:	Ultramafics
arock_type:	Komatiite (Ultramafite)
Structure:	At Boundary Of Churchill And Superior Province, Large Anticline
tectonic:	Possible Ne - Sw Plate Suture
Year first produced:	1960
disc_yr:	1956
discr:	International Nickel Co., Of Canada, Ltd.
References:	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.