Mine detail: Ruttan

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

56.47507, -99.63778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Corundum, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz, Sericite, Staurolite, Talc, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1969

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1973

Geology

Host type:

Chert,Rhyolite

References

MRDS	W700007
DEP	10084797
Reference	{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 38-41.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, RUTTAN AND FOX SUSTAIN SHERRITTS LONG MANITOBA MINING HISTORY: V. 182, NO. 12, P. 80-83.}{Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.}{Deposit:: ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1987, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.}{Production:: ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 13; FOGWILL, AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 31.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.