Flin Flon

Geological Setting The Talbot VMS Cu-Zn prospect is situated in the eastern extension of the Paleoproterozoic Flin Flon Belt (1.92 -1.88 Ga), north-western Manitoba (Stern et al. 1999). The prospect is located just northeast of Lake Talbot, about 160 km SE of Flin Flon (Fig. 1). Mineralization is hosted by medium to high-grade... 

Bailes, A.H. Galley, A.G., 1999. Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Snow Lake arc assemblage and geodynamic setting for associated volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits, Flin Flon Belt, Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 36, 1789-1805. 

Syme, E.C. Bailes, A.H. 1993. Stratigraphic and tectonic setting of early Proterozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, Flin Flon, Manitoba. Economic Geology, 88, 566 -589. 

Stern, R.A., Syme, E.C., Bailes, A.H., Lucas S.B. 1995. Paleoproterozoic (1.90-1.86 Ga) arc volcanism in the Flin Flon Belt, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Canada. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 119, 117 141. 

At the White Lake Cu-Zn sulfide deposit (near Flin Flon, Manitoba) no geochemical signature had been obtained from conventional soil geochemistry. Where the deposit is overlain by 23m of barren rock and 8m of glacial overburden including an upper 1m of impermeable varved clay, a strong characteristic rabbit-ear H anomaly clearly indicates the location of the orebody, as predicted by the electrochemical model (Govett 1976). 

Halo Resources Ltd., 54 Main Street, Suite 2, Flin Flon, MB, R8A 1J6 CANADA (e-mail stimpa halores.com)... 

The Sherridon complex in northwest Manitoba is host to the Sherritt Gordon Cu-Zn mines that collectively produced some 8 million tonnes grading approximately 2% Cu and 5% Zn, as well as six other smaller unexploited Cu-Zn sulfide deposits. Correlation between the Sherridon complex and the Flin Flon -Snow Lake metavolcanic belt (Zwanzig... 

The Sherridon complex is one of several arc terranes that form the south flank of the Kisseynew Domain (Fig. 1), a metasedimentary terrane that is part of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen. The Kisseynew Domain is dominated by Bumtwood Group metasedimentary rocks and flanked by arc terranes, notably the Lynn Lake Belt to the north and the Flin Flon Belt on the southern flank (Fig. 1). 

Fig. 4. Regional setting of the Sherridon complex within the Flin Flon Belt (Zwanzig 1990).

Henderson, P. J., McMartin, I., Hall, G. E., Percival, J. B., and Walker, D. A. (1998). The chemical and physical characteristics of heavy metals in humus and till in the vicinity of the base metal smelter at Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Environ. Geol. 34, 39-58. 

On the other hand, it was found that N. variegatum (growing at Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada) does not accumulate elements such as Zn, Cu, and Cd in amounts comparable to the water milfoil (Myriophyllum exalbescens) and so cannot be used as a biological indicator of contamination (6). The possibilities... 

Flin Flon Belt Central Canada 1.92-1.90 Lucas et al (1996) Stern et al (1995)... 

Other Proterozoic oceanic plateau terranes have been identified in the Birimian province of western Africa (Figure 18) (Abouchami et aL 1990 Boher et aL, 1992), the Arabian-Nubian Shield (Stein and Goldstein, 1996), and the Flin Flon belt in Canada (Stem et aL, 1995). 

Stern R. A., Syme E. C., and Lucas S. B. (1995) Geochemistry of 1.9 Ga MORB- and OlB-like basalts from the Amisk collage, Flin Flon Belt, Canada evidence for an intra-oceanic origin. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 3131-3154. 

Harrison SE, Klaverkamp JF. 1990. Metal contamination in liver and muscle of northern pike (Esox lucius) and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) from lakes near the smelter at Flin Flon, Michigan. Environ Toxicol Chem 9 941-956. 

Pan Y, Fleet ME (1996b) Rare-earth element mobility during prograde granulite-facies metamorphism significance of fluorine. Contrib Mineral Petrol 123 251-262 Pan Y, Stauffer MR (2000) Cerium anomaly and Th/U fractionation in the 1.85-Ga Flin Flon paleosol Clues from accessory minerals and implications for paleoatmospheric reconstiuction. Am Mineral 85 898-911... 

Flin Flon 99 Canada North America Electrolytic... 

In South Africa, the use of Huck Bolts or similar systems to secure the connections within shaft steel has become common. This same system was used in the shaft steel for the HudBay 777 Shaft project in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. While very stable, they pose some challenges in construction and maintenance, as the Huck bolting machine itself is fairly cumbersome to work with in the shaft, and after construction is done, a machine must be left in the hands of maintenance personnel to remove bolts if necessary. 

Other vein deposits have lead isotopic compositions that closely approach a single stage generation. The origin of these deposits is problematical. In some localities, such as Aouli in North Africa, they may be related to formation of the nearby stratiform deposits at Mibladen, Morocco (Cahen et a/., 1958) however, there is not a stratiform deposit reported from the entire Churchill Province in North America with which to relate the Flin Flon vein deposit. 

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