Mine detail: Soab North and South

Previously called 'Soab LakeCross Lake Mining Division'

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Location

Lat / long: 55.21673, -98.41716

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1959

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967
Last production ended: 1971

Geology

Host type:Peridotite,Schist
Tectonic:Proterozoic Supracrustal Sequence Near Margin Of Archean Craton

References

MRDSM046242
DEP10109568
Reference{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 26, 27}{Deposit:: ZUBRIGG, 1962, THOMPSON MINE GEOL: CAN. MIN. METALL. BULL. 56, P. 451 - 460}{Deposit:: COATS AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FLIN FLON, LYNN LAKE AND THOMPSON AREAS, MANITOBA AND THE CHURCHILL-SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 24TH, MONTREAL, FIELD EXCURSIONS GUIDEBOOK A31 AND C31, 96 P.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.}{Deposit:: FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.