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Flin Flon

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157379
MAS/MILS ID 1220150003
Record type Site
Current site name Flin Flon
Alternate or previous names Flin Flon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -101.88063, 54.77003 (WGS84)
Elevation 288
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -101.88063, 54.77003
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co, Ltd
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Demonstrated 2,034,700mt ore
    Measured 2,034,700mt ore
    Total resources 2,034,700mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.74 wt-pct Copper Major 1977
    Zinc Zn 1.3999 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
    Silver Ag 22.3 g/mt Silver Trace 1977
    Gold Au 1.6799 g/mt Gold Trace 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Demonstrated 1,377,000mt ore
    Indicated 1,377,000mt ore
    Total resources 1,377,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.9299 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Zinc Zn 1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1985
    Silver Ag 13 g/mt Silver Trace 1985
    Gold Au 0.76 g/mt Gold Trace 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 2.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Silver Ag 24 g/mt Silver Trace 1993
    Gold Au 1.71 g/mt Gold Trace 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES IN 1985 WERE FROM MINE CROWN PILLAR; ESTIMATED AT 1.4 MILLION TONNES. WITH MILL CAPACITY AT 2.5 MILLION PER YEAR, THE RESERVES WERE DEPLETED IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR.
  • 86 ILZSG DATA
  • SMALL RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 980M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2260
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 1220150003

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.188.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 209, PP. 20-21.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1985, P-29.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-1993, P-186.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38, 43, 48.

  • Deposit

    CALLANDER, W.K. HUDSON BAY MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.--

  • Deposit

    FLIN FLON CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, PP. 170-174.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. PP. 137,138,330,331.

  • Deposit

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Deposit

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Deposit

    AS OF JAN. 1,1978. PP. 14-15.

  • Deposit

    KOO, JAHAK. ORIGIN AND METAMORPHISM OF THE FLIN FLON

  • Deposit

    STRATABOUND CU-ZN SULFIDE DEPOSIT, SASKATCHEWAN AND

  • Deposit

    MANITOBA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 70, 1975, PP. 48-62.

  • Deposit

    CAIRNS, R.B., FLIN FLON AND 50 YEARS OF EXPLORATION SUCCESS;

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1978, P.43-46.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEW ZINC PRESSURE OXIDATION PLANT STARTED FALL SEASON OF 1994, AND REACHED A 95000TPY CAPACITY IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH. THE NEW PLANT UTILIZES SHERRITT ZINC PRESSURE LEACH TECHNOLOGY. NEW PLANT WILL REDUCE SO2 EMMISSIONS BY 25%, AND WILL REDUCE AIRBORNE PARTICULATES BY SOME 50% AT THE METALLURGICAL COMPLEX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-1994 Palencia, Cesar M. U.S. Bureau of Mines