Flin Flon

Canada· ManitobaUnknown
Contained Copper
3.0 Mt
Average Grade
2.19%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1914

Overview

Massive and disseminated, 0.02 km thickness, 6 lenticular orebodies. Chloritic schist shear zone beneath ore may represent a feeder pipe. Island arc tholeiite.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 1915

Production Start: 1930

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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