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Flin Flon

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium, Cadmium, Arsenic
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084800
MRDS ID W700010
Record type Site
Current site name Flin Flon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.88396, 54.75781 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Selenium Secondary
Tellurium Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Arsenic Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Altaite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Electrum Ore
Galena Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Brought About Silicification And Chloritization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.88396, 54.75781
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Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike WEST OF NORTH
    Dip 70 DEGREES EAST
    Thickness 1146.05M
    Plunge 35 DEGREES SOUTHEAST
    Width 152.4M
    Length 609.6M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1930

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.035 Oz/T Au, 0.55 Oz/T Ag, 1.33% Cu, 1.89% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 16g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.54% Cu, 2.0% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1930-1984
    Material 0RE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.19% Cu, 4.2% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.97 wt-pct Copper Major 1981
    Zinc Zn 1.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981
    Silver Ag 13.553 g/mt Silver Minor 1981
    Gold Au 0.931 g/mt Gold Minor 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 1,377,495,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.93 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Zinc Zn 1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1984

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY CONVENTIONAL PROSPECTING

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W700010

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 18-21.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, MANITOBA: V. 182, NO. 11, P. 156-177.

  • Deposit

    BROWNELL, G.M., AND KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1935, THE FLIN FLON MINE: GEOLOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF THE ORE DEPOSIT, IN THE FLIN FLON MINE OF THE HUDSON BAY MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY LIMITED AT FLIN FLON, MANITOBA, CANADA: PAPERS GIVEN AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, HELD IN WINNIPEG, MARCH, 1935, P. 261-286.

  • Production

    ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 12; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES AVERAGE 900 FT LONG X 70 FT WIDE, WITH 1500 FT IN VERTICAL DEPTH AND 2800 FT IN PLUNGE LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey