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Thompson Mine

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, PGE, Palladium, Platinum, Silver, Sulfur
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230126
MAS/MILS ID 1220150023
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -97.85987, 55.72227 (WGS84)
Elevation 210
Location accuracy 500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Nickel Primary
PGE Primary
Palladium Primary
Platinum Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Gersdorffite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Platinum Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -97.85987, 55.72227
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Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70E
    Length 5600M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30E
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR PINCHING AND SWELLING OF THE OREBODY WITHIN THE ENCLOSING HOST ROCKS HAS GENERATED CONFLICTING ESTIMATES OF DEPOSIT WIDTH; HOWEVER, MINING WIDTHS FROM A FEW METERS TO APPROX. 46 METERS ARE REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE. THE LIMITS OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE AT DEPTH HAVE NOT YET BEEN ASCERTAINED BUT THE ORE ZONE IS CONSIDERED TO EXTEND TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 1524 METERS
  • REC. 06 & 07: VIOLARITE AND MACKINAWITE TRACE ELEMENTS ALSO INCLUDE REC. 13 & 14: COBALT & SELENIUM

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1961
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Thompson Nickel Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Description Initial Production 2720 Mt Ore/Day

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Demonstrated 37,190,000mt ore
    Measured 37,190,000mt ore
    Total resources 37,190,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2.5 wt-pct Nickel Major 1973
    Copper Cu 0.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATE FOR RESOURCE IS 1973. ORIGINALLY FUNDED FOR CU & REPORT RECEIVED. HOWEVER REPORT SHOWS PROPERTY SHOULD BE FUNDED FOR NI. COBALT FOUND IN CAN. MINES COMMOD. CHAPTER FOR 1979. **ENTRY- 11/86- UPDATE REQUIRED OWING TO MAJOR MODIFICATIONS OF MINING OPERATIONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1355M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 7.5
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING MAY SLOUGH
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 5898
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 31.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 1220150023

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TIPMAN, R.N. AND A.H. RICHARDSON, INCO LIMITED, MANITOBA

  • Production

    DIVISION- THE THOMPSON MILL; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN

  • Production

    MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978,

  • Production

    P.139-142.

  • Workings

    CLEMENT, W.P. AND R. SOKOLOSKI, PUMPING CEMENTED BACKFILL;

  • Workings

    CIM BULL., SEPT., 1970, P.1019-1027.

  • Workings

    HUMPHREY, R.B. AND E.C. NICHOLSON, THE EVOLUTION OF CUT-AND-

  • Workings

    FILL MINING AT INCO'S THOMPSON MINE; CIM BULL., JAN.,

  • Workings

    U.M., P.75.

  • Workings

    WESTERN MINER, INCO INTRODUCES NEW BOTTOM DUMP ORE CAR SYS-

  • Workings

    TEM TO THE THOMPSON MINE; JULY, 1973, P.28.

  • Workings

    ZIMMER, RICHARD N., LINING OF BORED RAISES AT INCO- MANITOBA

  • Workings

    DIVISION; CIM BULL., OCT., 1978, P.60-63.

  • Workings

    KERR, ROBERT W. AND LEONARD N. BROWN, RAISE BORING PRACTICES

  • Workings

    AT INCO'S MANITOBA DIVISION; CIM BULL., FEB., 1976,

  • Workings

    P.94-102.

  • Deposit

    AZIS, A., ET AL., THE UNDISCOVERED MINERAL ENDOWMENT OF THE

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN SHIELD IN MANITOBA, A FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL

  • Deposit

    CO-OPERATIVE STUDY, MINERAL BULLETIN MR 124 OF THE

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES. OTTAWA

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATION 72-1 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES, RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. WINNIPEG, 1972.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1975-1976, P. 149-151.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MONTREAL, NOV., 1980.

  • Deposit

    COATES, C.J.A., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FLIN

  • Deposit

    FLON LYNN LAKE AND THOMPSON AREAS, MANITOBA, AND THE

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL-SUPERIOR FRONT OF THE WESTERN PRECAMBRIAN

  • Deposit

    SHIELD. 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

  • Deposit

    MONTREAL., 1972.

  • Deposit

    DAVIES, J.F., ET AL., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    MANITOBA. DEPT. OF MINES AND NAT. RESOURCES. WINNIPEG.,

  • Deposit

    1962.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES. SURVEYS AND MAPPING

  • Deposit

    BRANCH. MYSTERY LAKE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. SCALE 1:50000,

  • Deposit

    MAP 63P/13 EDITION 2. OTTAWA. 1980. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1976;

  • Deposit

    CULTURE CHECK, 1978.

  • Deposit

    DEVLIN, J.B. AND GODDARD, C.N., SANDFILL PREPARATION AND

  • Deposit

    SLIMES DISPOSAL AN INCO'S THOMPSON MINE. CIM UNDER-

  • Deposit

    GROUND OPERATORS CONFERENCE. WINNIPEG.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS,

  • Deposit

    P. 185; CAPACITY, 1975.

  • Deposit

    THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES, 1976, P. 92-93.

  • Deposit

    INCO, LTD., FLOW CHART, ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF THE

  • Deposit

    MANITOBA DIVISION OF INCO, CANADA, LTD.

  • Deposit

    INCO, MANITOBA DIVISION, STAFF, THOMPSON MINE; IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE 10TH COMMONWEALTH

  • Deposit

    MINING AND METALLLURGICAL CONG. SEPT. 2-28, 1974,

  • Deposit

    SECTION I, ARTICLE B, P. 1-9, 21-28.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER. TORONTO. MAR. 16, 1972, AND JAN. 11, 1979

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER. TORONTO. IMPRESSIVE PLANT ARISES IN

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MANITOBA., SEPT. 17, 1959.

  • Deposit

    PABST, MARILYN, FRESH IDEAS INCO TRADEMARK IN MANITOBA, AND

  • Deposit

    CHANGES AIMED AT WORKPLACE SAFETY IN THOMPSON MINE.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, J.M., GEOLOGY OF THE THOMPSON-MOAK LAKE AREA.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF MINES AND NAT. RESOURCES. PUB. 60-4.

  • Deposit

    WINNIPEG. 1963.

  • Deposit

    PEDEDERY, W.N. AND COATES, C.J.A., GUIDEBOOK FOR NICKEL

  • Deposit

    SULFIDE FIELD CONFERENCE. OCT., 1978.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, A.R., THOMPSON: RIPPLES IN THE CANADIAN POND. INTER-

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL NICKEL MAGAZINE. TORONTO. 1973.

  • Deposit

    SARIN, D.K., VERTICAL BLOCK MINING AT INCO'S THOMPSON MINE.

  • Deposit

    5TH ANN. UNDERGROUND OPERATORS CONFER. OF C.I.M.

  • Deposit

    SUDSBURY, CANADA. FEB., 1981.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, W.F. AND SOMERVILLE, K.L., FUNCTIONAL TRAINING AT

  • Deposit

    INCO'S THOMPSON MINE, 5TH ANN. UNDERGROUND OPERATORS

  • Deposit

    CONF. OF C.I.M. SUDSBURY, CANADA. FEB., 1981.

  • Deposit

    THEYER, P., STRATIGRAPHIC SETTING OF SELECTED ULTRAMAFIC

  • Deposit

    BODIES IN THE SUPERIOR CHURCHILL PROVINCES AND CERTAIN

  • Deposit

    ASPECTS OF NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE THOMPSON

  • Deposit

    NICKEL BELT. MANITOBA DEPT. OF ENERGY AND MINES,

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION. ECON. GEOL. RPT. ER 79-2.

  • Deposit

    WINNIPEG. 1980.

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CITY OF THOMPSON, THE HUB OF

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MANITOBA. THOMPSON, MANITOBA.

  • Deposit

    ZURBRING, H.F., THOMPSON MINE GEOLOGY. CANADIAN INST. OF

  • Deposit

    MINING. MONTREAL. JUNE 1963.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCO LTD. OF TORONTO, SAID IT WOULD RESTART FULL OPERATIONS AT THOMPSON DIVISION MARCH 7, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-1992 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines