Mine detail: Birchtree

Previously called 'Birch Tree'

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Location: Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 55.70007, -97.91715
dep_id: 10070071
mrds_id: W012735
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver, PGE, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Chlorite
model: 12: Dunitic Ni-Cu
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Pipe Metasedimentary Band
hrock_type: Schist
tectonic: Circum-Cratonic Volcanic Fold Belt
Year first produced: 1969
yr_lst_prd: 1977
disc_yr: 1964
References:
  • 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.
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