Pollon Lake

Occurrence in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024348
MRDS ID ISM0056
Record type Site
Current site name Pollon Lake
Alternate or previous names Reindeer Lake, Deep Bay, Superior

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.12571, 56.38338 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Relative position ANOMALY, 500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Burntwood-River-Super Group
    Rock description Burntwood-River-Super Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.12571, 56.38338

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Glaciated Precambrian Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968

Mining district

District name Reindeer

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deep Bay Graphite Co. Ltd. . Owned By Superior Graphite Co. And Saskatchewan Mining Develop
    First year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SASKATCHEWAN, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL DEPOSIT INDEX, 64-D-06SE, GRP-1

  • Deposit

    CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES, MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, "POLLON LAKE". NATIONAL MINERAL INVENTORY RECORD FILE

  • Deposit

    STAFF, "SASK. MINING & DEVELOPMENT CORP. IN JOINT VENTURE ON GRAPHITE MINE", THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 18, 1976, P.51

  • Deposit

    GULIOV, P., "SASKATCHEWAN: INDUSTRIAL MINERAL IN CANADA-REVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENT", INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.200, MAY 1984, P.105

  • Deposit

    MCGREGOR, J.A., "SUPERIOR GRAPHITE CO., DEEP BAY PROJECT", PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER'S REPORT, JAMES U. BUFFAM, TORONTO, FEBRUARY 15, 1974, N.P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.