MINERAL INVENTORY FILE NO.
1044
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PRODUCT
Zinc
NTS AREA
63K13SW
REF.
Zn 7
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NAME OF PROPERTY
777 (Triple 7)
OWNER OF OPERATOR ADDRESS
2002-Hudson Bay Mining and
Smelting Co. Ltd.
1906-201 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, R3B 3K6
OBJECT LOCATED
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MINING DIVISION
The Pas
Latitude
54°46'40
Longitude
101°53'15
Uncertainty (m)
500
UTM Zone
14U
Easting
314600
Northing
6073700
L.S./Quarter Section
4
Section
7
Township
67
Range
29WPM
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT
The 777 deposit, located 700 m south of the Callinan mine (See: Mind No. 1045), consists of two lenses, inclined at 41° to 45 °, first intersected at 1200 m. The first shallow lens contains copper-rich massive sulphides, the second, deeper lens, contains a zinc-rich mineralization. The shallower copper-rich deposit is near the vent of the exhalative system that is believed to have formed the deposit. Vent feeders are present in the footwall of the copper rich lens, in the form of altered volcanic rocks with biotite, muscovite, talc, chlorite, magnetite, and carbonate. Chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite stringers extend into the copper-rich lens from the footwall. This deposit is very similar in zoning to that of the Flin Flon deposit (See: Mind No. 693), which also had zinc-rich and copper-rich zones (Northern Miner, June 28,1999).
ASSOCIATED MINERALS OR PRODUCTS OF VALUE
Copper, gold, and silver.
HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Company Limited (HBED) discovered the Triple 7 deposit in November 1993. HBED had been exploring in the area production began at the Callinan mine. The initial exploration indicated reserves of 13.4 million tonnes (t) ore grading at 2.5% Cu and 4.4% Zn, 2.7 g/t Au, and 38 g/t Ag, in the two ore bodies. A feasibility study was completed in 1999, (Canadian Mines Handbook, 1998-99) with positive results. The estimate of reserves changed to 14.5 million t ore grading at 2.6% Cu and 4.9% Zn.
Development of a 1540 m shaft began in early 2000, but full production is not expected until 2004. At that point, the mine is expected to produce 1 million t/year and Hudson Bay will have spent $360 million on capital expenditures, including the $135 million expansion of the mill and electrolytic zinc plant (Canadian Mines Handbook, 2000-01).
HISTORY OF PRODUCTION
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REFERENCES
Canadian Mines Handbook 1999: Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company Limited, Canadian
Mines Handbook 1998-1999, p. 230.

Canadian Mines Handbook 2001: Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company Limited; Canadian
Mines Handbook 2000-01, p. 188.

Northern Miner 1999: Base metals—Triple 7 secures Flin Flon’s future; Northern Miner,
June 28, 1999.

Northern Miner 2000: Big Blast brings more prosperity to Flin Flon; Northern Miner, July 10, 2000.
MAP REFERENCES

Lucas, S.B., Weber, W. 1983: Bedrock Compilation Series OFR 2581, 63K Cormorant Lake;
Geological Survey of Canada, geological map, scale 1: 250 000.

Surveys and Mapping Branch, Ottawa 1981: Map 63 K/13, Flin Flon; Surveys and Mapping
Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, geological map (3rd Edition), scale 1:50 000.
URL
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REMARKS
May be located within the Apex mining lease. See Mind No. 693 (Flin Flon), and Mind No. 1045 (Callinan) for further information on this area.
NOTES
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Compiled/Revised by:
JJJ
Date
06-02