Katiniq Deposit

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024528
MRDS ID ISM0252
Record type Site
Current site name Katiniq Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.66597, 61.68352 (WGS84)
Relative position 1000 M

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
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.66597, 61.68352

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mafic Volcanic Rocks, Interflow Slate, Greywacke

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLDING, METAMORPHISM; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP + SRPN + MGNT + CLRT; CONFORMABLE ZONES OF MASSIVE, MATRIX, AND DISSEMINATED, INTERCUMULUS NICKEL-COPPER SULPHIDES IN A FOLDED AND SERPE-NTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC SILL. THE SILL OCCUPIES THE CONTACT BETWE-EN SLATES (BELOW) AND OVERLYING PILLOWED BASALTIC VOLCANIC ROC-KS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1961

Mining district

District name New Quebec

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Quebec Raglan Mines Ltd.
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    First year 1984

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, S.J., 1979, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE KATINIQ NICKEL DEPOSIT AND RELATED ROCKS, UNGAVA, NORTHERN Q-UEBEC: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    NEW QUEBEC REGION MINES LIMITED, 1969, ANNUAL REPORT. (RR9)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.