Mine detail: Flin Flon

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 54.75781, -101.88396

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Cadmium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Altaite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Electrum, Galena, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite
Gangue: Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form: LENSE
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1930

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Alteration Brought About Silicification And Chloritization

References

MRDSW700010
DEP10084800
Reference{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 18-21.}{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.}{Deposit:: BROWNELL, G.M., AND KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1935, THE FLIN FLON MINE: GEOLOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF THE ORE DEPOSIT, IN THE FLIN FLON MINE OF THE HUDSON BAY MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY LIMITED AT FLIN FLON, MANITOBA, CANADA: PAPERS GIVEN AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, HELD IN WINNIPEG, MARCH, 1935, P. 261-286.}{Production:: ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 12; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.