Location | |
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Location | Thompson |
Province | Manitoba |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 55°42′06″N 097°55′37″W / 55.70167°N 97.92694°W |
Production | |
Products | Nickel |
History | |
Opened | 1965 |
Active | 1965 - 1978 1988 - 2017 |
Closed | 2017 |
Owner | |
Company | Vale Inco |
Website | Vale Inco |
Birchtree Mine is an underground nickel mine, owned and operated by Vale Inco in the city of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.[1] It lies in the nickel containing Thompson Belt, a geologic feature associated with the Circum-Superior Belt large igneous province throughout the Superior craton.