Mine detail: Copper Rand

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

50, -75.99956

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Siderite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Apatite, Calcite, Chloritoid, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Talc, Zoisite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1959

Geology

Host rock:	Dore Lake Complex
Host type:	Anorthosite
Structure:	Chibougamau-Matagami Greenstone Belt. Rocks Folded About Ne Axes Refolded To E Trending Axes., Shear Zone Trending N50deg-60degw And Dipping S 50-65deg, Dore Lake Fault
Tectonic:	Chibougamau Greenstone Belt
Alteration processes:	Sericite-Chlorite-Carbonate; Chlorite-Sericite Also Form Regional Halo

References

MRDS	TC00511
DEP	10106957
Reference	{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA}{Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S.