Rottenstone Lake

Past Producer in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10103708
MRDS ID	M046228
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rottenstone Lake
Alternate or previous names	Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., Rottenstone Mining, Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-104.83412, 56.3356 (WGS84)
Relative position	80 MI. NORTH OF LAC LA RONGE
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Geographic areas

Country	State
Canada	Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum	Primary
Palladium	Primary
Copper	Tertiary
Nickel	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

PROSPECTED IN 1929 BY 15 DRILL HOLES

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Pyrrhotite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	DRILL HOLES
Result	PT = $3.0 TON PD = $6.50/TON, CU = 1.5%, NI = 3.0% (1929)

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-104.83412, 56.3356	ListMap

Ore body information

General form OPEN PIT

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Northern Saskatchewan

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046228

Bibliographic references

Deposit

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 75
Deposit

SASKATCHEWAN 1970 MINERAL STATISTICAL YEAR BOOK, P. 1, 2
Production

SASK. MINERAL STATISTICAL YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINE CLOSED IN 1968

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey