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Martison Lake

Plant in Ontario, Canada with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE
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  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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206492
MAS/MILS ID 1220400117
Record type Site
Current site name Martison Lake
Alternate or previous names Martinson Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.24985, 50.25001 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrochlore Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.24985, 50.25001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1800M
    Width 500M
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 60
    Date of Last Modification 910617

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MARTISON LAKE CARBONATITE DEPOSITS DISPLAY DISTINCTIVE CIRCULAR PATTERNS. MORPHOLOGICALLY, THEY ARE GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL OR PIPE-LIKE, WITH THEIR LONG AXES ORIENTED VERTICALLY, SO THAT THEY APPEAR CIRCULAR IN PLAN. THE CORE IS ENCLOSED BY CONCENTRIC, INTERMITTENT RING-DIKES AND CONE SHEETS COMPOSED OF VARIOUS NEPHELINE-BEARING ROCKS WHICH ARE RICH IN CARBONATE. THE MARTISON RESIDIUM, WHICH IS BEING CONSIDERED TO BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO MINE, IS A THIN INTERMITTENT BED OF APALEOSOL. THIS IS OVERLAIN BY UP TO 140 M. OF CLACIAL TILLS, GRAVELS, SANDS, AND CLAYS. UNDERLYING THE MARTISON RESIDIUM IS ORDINARY APATITE AND PYROCHLORE-BEARING CARBONATITE IN BEDROCK, WHICH IS KARSTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1964
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Ontario

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chamchib Resources
    Home office Canada
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Venture Equities, Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1983
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Newphos Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERSHIP RECORD 03 DATA, CAME FROM BIBLIOGRAPHY REF LINE R001 TO R003.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Indicated 140000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 140000000mt ore
    Total resources 140000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Niobium (Columbium) Cb2O5 0.35 wt-pct Niobium (Columbium) Major 1982
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 23 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS RESERVE/RESOURCE ESTIMATE WAS USED IN THE 1984 PROPERTY EVALUATION.
  • RESOURCE INFO. FOR PHOSPHATE FOUND ON #1220400117B. RESERVE INFO. FOR COLUMBIUM ARE THE RECOVERABLE TONNAGE ON THE 11/83ETD.
  • OTHER OWNER IS NEW VENTURES EQUITIES. PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FROM SHELL CANADA RESCOURCES IN 1982. CB GRADE FOR FIRST 42 YEARS OF OPERATION === 0.0035 PCT CB. MAY BE DEVELOPED WITH CARGILL (#1220400088) AS A JOINT VENTURE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 60
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE ORIGINAL PIT, AFTER DEVELOPMENT, COULD BE EXTENDED WESTWARD INTO A HIGH PHOSPHATE AREA, THEN NORTHWARD INTO A HIGH COLUMBIUM AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINERALS DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1989,

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, CANADA, MINERAL BULLETIN MR 223

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOVEMBER 1984.

  • Deposit

    DAWSON, K.R., "NIOBIUM (COLUMBIUM) AND TANTALUM IN

  • Deposit

    CANDA," ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT. NO. 29, PP. 19-32, DEPT.

  • Deposit

    OF ENERGY MINES & RESOURCES, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    KUIKKOLA, K., SEPPALA, J., AIRAKSINEN, T. AND AALTONEN,

  • Deposit

    J., "SELECTIVE FLOATATION OF APATITE FROM CARBONATITE GLIM-

  • Deposit

    MERITE ORE, "INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS, OCT.

  • Deposit

    1982.

  • Deposit

    SAGE. R.P., "NO. 16 ALKALIC ROCKS CARBONATITE

  • Deposit

    COMPLEXES," ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1979.

  • Deposit

    SANDGREN, P.M., I. AHLIN, J. BAK, AND B. FAGERBERG,

  • Deposit

    "PRODUCTION OF APATITE IN SWEDEN," INTERNATIONAL MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PROCESSING CONGRESS, OCT. 1982.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES & RESOURCES, OTTAWA, MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT RECORD NO. 42J-6.

  • Deposit

    NORHTERN MINER, SELECTED ARTICLES DATED JAN. 13/83 AND

  • Deposit

    FEB. 10/83.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, 1977-1982.

  • Deposit

    BENEFICIATING MARTISON LAKE PHOSPHATE-NIOBIUM ORE,

  • Deposit

    LAKEFIELD RESEARCH DEVELOPS A WORKABLE PROCESS, PHOSPHORUS

  • Deposit

    AND POTASSIUM, #144, (JULY-AUGUST 1986), PP. 34 TO 36.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYROCHLORE IS THE COLUMBIUM-BEARING SPECIES OF CURRENT ECONOMIC INTEREST. IT REACHES ITS PEAK ABUNDANCE IN SOVITES (CALCITE AND CARBONATITE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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