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Birchtree Mine

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver, Selenium, Tellurium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024481
MRDS ID ISM0199
Record type Site
Current site name Birchtree Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.9252, 55.70229 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • TP 77, 3 WPM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Primary
PGE Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Selenium Primary
Tellurium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pipe Metasedimentary Band
    Rock description Pipe Metasedimentary Band

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.9252, 55.70229
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sheared Ultramafic Sill In Metasedimentary Sequence.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTING; PGE-SULPHIDES + TELLURIDES + ARSENIDES; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; ONLY SIGNIFICANT PGE-NI-CU OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN THE ZOETVELD SUBSUITE AND OTHER LOWER ZONE EQUIVALENTS IN THE BUSHV-ELD COMPLEX.
  • INTENSE FOLDING, FAULTING, METAMORPHISM AND MOBILIZATION OF SULPHIDES.; EPROT RB/SR: 1.7-1.8 GA; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP + PYRT+ NI-ARSENIDES; LITTLE PUBLISHED GEOLOGY. ORE IS KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE AND BIOTITE SCHIST, AND TO -COMPRISE MASSIVE, INCLUSION-BEARING, STRINGER AND DISSEMINATED- SULPHIDES. SEE ALSO THOMPSON, PIPE, AND SOAB MINES.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discovery method Geophysical Anomaly
Year of first production 1969
Year of last production 1977

Mining district

District name Thompson Nickel Belt (The Pas Mining District)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR THOMPSON MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR THOMPSON MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); NO PRODUCTION ENVISAGED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). COMMODITY COMMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMENTS FOR THOMPSON MINE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0199
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI NI025
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 63P12NI001

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0706 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THEYER, P., 1980, STRATIGRAPHIC SETTING OF SELECTED ULTRAMAFIC BODIES IN THE SUPERIOR AND CHURCHILL PROVINCES AND -CERTAIN ASPECTS OF NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE THOMPSON NICK-EL BELT: MANITOBA DEPT. ENERGY AND MINES, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RE-PORT ER79-2, 71 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1960'S
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). 3 M
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND INTERMEDIATE, REFINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada