Mining in Manitoba
Snow Lake Mining Area
History of the Snow Lake Area
In 1960, the first of the Snow Lake area mines, 120 km east of Flin Flon was
opened at Chisel Lake, followed by Stall Lake in 1964. Osborne Lake in 1968, Dickstone and
Anderson Lake in 1970. Ghost Lake in 1972 and Lost Lake, accessed from Ghost Lake
workings, in 1977. More recently the Spruce Point and Rod deposits went into production in
1982 and 1984.
A concentrator, installed at the Stall Lake Mine in 1979, treated ores from all the Snow Lake mines prior to rail transport of the concentrates to the Flin Flon processing facilities. Ore from Spruce Point, 40 km southwest of Snow Lake, is trucked directly to Flin Flon.