Goose Bay

Prospect in Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157266
MAS/MILS ID 1220290010
Record type Site
Current site name Goose Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -59.50719, 52.98321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -59.50719, 52.98321

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 850M
    Width 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 960911

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1970

Mining district

District name Labrador Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL 82, #27, 8/26/96, P2, "VULCAN

  • Deposit

    EXPLORES TITANIUM SHOWINGS IN LABRADOR".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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