Mine detail: Birchtree

Previously called 'Birch Tree'

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Location

Lat / long: 55.70007, -97.91715

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, PGE, Selenium, Tellurium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Chlorite
Discovery year: 1964

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1969
Last production ended: 1977

Geology

Host rock:Pipe Metasedimentary Band
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Circum-Cratonic Volcanic Fold Belt

References

MRDSW012735
DEP10070071
Reference{Deposit:: SKINNER, WALTER R., 1975, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK; THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 302.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 1975, 1974, THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 166}{Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 1975, 1975 INTERNAC DIRECTORY OF MINING: NEW YORK, MCGRAW - HILL, P. 185}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, V. 189, NO. 12, P. 64.}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.