Mine detail: Fox

Previously called 'Fox Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 56.63537, -101.65235

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Talc
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1970

Geology

References

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DEP10182068
Reference{Deposit:: MINE CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM}{Deposit:: CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OF}{Deposit:: COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBNENUM, SILVER AND GOLD}{Deposit:: DISPERSION AROUND THE FOX OREBODY IN MANITOBA. CIM}{Deposit:: LIBBY, D.J. AND J.D. SMITH. DEVELOPMENT OF A SUB-LEVEL}{Deposit:: MINING METHOD WITH DELAYED PILLAR RECOVERY AT SHERRIT*}{Deposit:: FOX MINE, MANITOBA. CIM BULLETIN, JAN. 1975, PP. 51-57.}{Deposit:: SKILLIN* MINING REVIEW. SHERRITT GORDON STARTS UP FOX}{Deposit:: COPPER-ZINC MINE. OCT. 10, 1970, PP. 1-10.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, DON S., ET AL. SHERRITT GORDON MINES LIMITED--FOX}{Deposit:: MINE CONCENTRATOR, MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM}{Deposit:: SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.190,191.}{Deposit:: TUREK, A., N.W. TETLEY AND T. JACKSON, A STUDY OF METAL}{Deposit:: DISPERSION AROUND THE FOX OREBODY IN MANITOBA; CIM BULL.,}{Deposit:: JUNE, 1976, P.104-110.}{Production:: WORLD MINING, HOW SHERRITT GORDON OPERATES COPPER-ZINC}{Production:: MILLS; MAY, 1973, P.31-33(US ED.).}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1980-81, P. 247, 248.}{Workings:: FORD, R.A., A REVIEW OF BACKFILL MINING PRACTICES AND TECH-}{Workings:: NOLOGY AT THE FOX MINE; IN MINING WITH BACKFILL, CIM}{Workings:: SPECIAL VOLUME 19, 1978, P.1-9.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.