Allard Lake Area Lac Tio

Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008214
MRDS ID D000199
Record type Site
Current site name Allard Lake Area Lac Tio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.66577, 50.6666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.66577, 50.6666

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ILMENITE (WITH HEMATITE INTERGROWTHS) AND SOME MAGNETITE DISSEMINATED IN GABBROIC ANORTHOSITE PRECAMBRIAN (ROSE, 1969, 1970)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MODERATE TO LARGE TI AND FE PRODUCTION BUT FIGURES IN ROSE (1969) ARE CONFUSING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 112,000,000-200,000,000 TONS ORE; 36-40% FE, 35% TIO2 (LAWTHERS, 1957), 0.35% V2O5 (HAMMOND, 1952), (ABOUT 0.30% V2O5, ROSE, 1973), KISH (1972) GIVES 43% FE, 36% TIO2, 0.34% V2O5 (BULK SAMPLE). V RESOURCES MAY TOTAL ABOUT 500,000 SHORT TONS V.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAMMOND, 1952, ECON. GEOL. V. 47, NO. 6, P. 634-649

  • Deposit

    LAWTHERS, 1957, USBM I. C. 7791

  • Deposit

    KISH, L., 1972, CAN. MIN. & MET. BULL. MARCH

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1969, CANADA G. S., ECON. GEOL. REPT. 25; ALSO 1973, CANADA G. S. ECON. GEOL. REPT. 27, ALSO 1970, CANADA G. S. PAPER 69-54.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. N., 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AREA INCLUDES SEVERAL DEPOSITS, OF WHICH LAC TIO IS THE LARGEST. AN ADDITIONAL REFERENCE IS; U. N., 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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