Mine detail: White Lake

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Location: Manitoba, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 54.71336, -101.72063
dep_id: 10084794
mrds_id: W700003
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: Amisk Volcanic Series
Year first produced: 1972
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1963
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 46-49.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.
  • Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.
  • Deposit:: ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, MANITOBA: V. 182, NO. 11, P. 156-177.
  • Production:: ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 13; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.
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