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Lake St. John Lac St-Jean Area

Occurrence in Quebec, Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008217
MRDS ID D000203
Record type Site
Current site name Lake St. John Lac St-Jean Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.49941, 49.3333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.49941, 49.3333
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANORTHOSITE COVERING 20,000 SQ. MILES; DISSEMINATION AND SEGREGATIONS OF TITANOMAGNETITE AND ILMENITE-MAGNETITE; SOME "ORE" IS HIGH IN P. (ROSE, 1969; GROSS, 1967) ORE LOW IN P GENERALLY HIGHER IN V, AND VICE VERSA (GROSS, 1967, TABLE 10)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE PRODUCTION FOR TESTING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (0.05-0.1% V2O5-RPF EST.), PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO LARGE DEPOSITS (100,000,000 TONS) OF LOWER GRADE MATERIAL, ONE OF WHICH CONCENTRATES FROM 22.5 TO 69.7% FE AND 6.4 TO 0.5% TIO2 (NO V DATA) (ROSE, 1970). "LYONNE TOWNSHIP" DEPOSIT=320,000,000 TONS, 22% FE, 6-7% TIO2, ? V2O5, YIELDS CONCENTRATE OF 69.72% FE AND 0.51% TIO2 (UN, 1970, SEE ALSO GROSS, 1967)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GROSS, G. A., 1967, CAN. G. S., ECON. GEOL. REPT. 22, V. 2

  • Deposit

    LAWTHERS, 1957, USBM I. C. 7791

  • 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

    ROSE, 1969

Reporter information

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

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