Mine detail: Dumbarton Mines Limited

Previously called 'Bird River Claim GroupCatlake AreaMaskwa Lake'

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Location

Lat / long:

50.48306, -95.48589

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	MASSIVE LENSES AND DISSEMINATED
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1969
Last production ended:	1973

Geology

Host rock:	Rice Lake Group Consisting Of Andesitic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Later Folding And Intrusion Of Granite And Gabbros

References

MRDS	M046655
DEP	10106902
Reference	{Deposit:: KARUP - MOLLER AND BRUMMER, 1971, GAC SPEC. PAPER NO. 9, P. 143 - 154}{Deposit:: CAN. MIN AND MET., 1976, P. 104}{Deposit:: HOGAN, 1977, PT METALS IN CAN. MIN. YEARBOOK 1974: CA. DEPT. ENERGY AND MINES P.395}{Deposit:: COATS,C.J.A., STOCKFORD,H.R., AND BUCHAN,R., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE MASKWA WEST NICKEL DEPOSIT, MONITOBA: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, PP.309-318}{Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL MASKWA NICKEL CHROME MINES LTD}{Deposit:: 1965 DIREXPL MASKWA NICKEL CHROME MINES LTD}{Production:: FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.}{Reserve-Resource:: KARUP - MOLLER AND BRUMMER (1971)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Oster, Karel L., Bolm, Karen S.