Mine detail: Moak Lake

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 55.91674, -97.58379

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: SYNFORMAL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Metasediments-Mostly Arkoses, Carbonates, & Iron Formations
Host type:Peridotite
Associated rock:Serpentinized Peridotite
Associated type:Peridotite
Structure:Major Boundary Between Two Provinces, Near Fault Zone, Sub - Parallel Faults Control Mineralization.
Tectonic:At Border Of Churchill And Superior Provinces
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSW012692
DEP10070064
Reference24TH INT. GEOL. CONG., 1972, EXCURSIONS. A31 AND C31. P. 1 - 7
ReporterFoose, Michael P.