Chibougamau Area Dore Lake Complex

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090531
MRDS ID D000205
Record type Site
Current site name Chibougamau Area Dore Lake Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.16617, 49.83331 (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 Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.16617, 49.83331

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: METAMORPHOSED STRATIFORM COMPLEX OF BUSHVELD TYPE; THREE ZONES; ANORTHOSITE (BOTTOM), ULTRAMAFIC, AND TONALITE; V-BEARING TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN LOWEST METAPYROXINATE MEMBER (200-300 FT. THICK) OF ULTRAMAFIC ZONE; V-TI-FE IN LAYERS UP TO 1M+ THICK, DIPS 75 DEG.-90 DEG., EXTENDS 6 MI. (ALLARD, 1968)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONCENTRATES TO 62-64% FE, 4.1-5.4% TIO2 (ROSE, 1970): CORE SAMPLES = 0.3-1.0+% V2O5, AV. 0.5%, CONCENTRATES TO 1.0-2.5% V2O5, AV. 1.4% (ALLARD, 1968) (NO DATA FOUND ON TI IN NON-MAG. CONC'S.) KISH (1972) GIVES AV. GRADE DRILL SAMPLES 39.% FE, 11.30% TIO2, 0.72% V2O5; CONC'S. TO 59-61% FE, 10-12% TIO2, 1.16-1.36% V2O5, 72,000,000 TONS ORE RESERVES; APPRAISES V RECOVERY AS $30.00 ORE. V RESOURCES MAY BE 250,000 SHORT TONS V

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLARD, G. O., 1968, ABS., CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 9, PT. 4, P. 569

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1970, CANADA G. S., PAPER 69-54

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1973, CANADA G.S., ECON. GEOL. REPT. 27

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROSE, 1970

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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