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Cargill

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Titanium, Vermiculite
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229983
MAS/MILS ID 1220400088
Record type Site
Current site name Cargill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.81653, 49.3 (WGS84)
Elevation 225
Location accuracy 1000(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 Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Vermiculite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Vermiculite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.81653, 49.3
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 90S
    Area 1100HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:90S
    Minimum Depth to Top 85
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1100
    Date of Last Modification 830330

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IS A MASSIVE ELONGATE IGNEOUS INTRUSION. DEPTH TO MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM 85 TO 130 METERS, WHILE THE ORE ZONE RANGES FROM 0.5 TO GREATER THAN 170 METERS IN THICKNESS.
  • PHASE APATITE AND CRANDALLITE ARE ORE MINERALS. RARE EARTH MINERALS ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sherritt Gordon Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell Resources, Inc.
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Venture Equities, Ltd.
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • CARGILL WAS OPTIONED BY SHERRIT GORDON MINES LTD. IN 1979 FROM IMC. THE OPTION WAS EXERCISED IN DECEMBER 1983. IN JULY 1984, SHERRIT, CAMPBELL RESOURCES, INC. AND NEW VENTURE EQUITIES COMBINED FORCES IN A 50/25/25 JOINT VENTURE TO DEVELOP THE TWO PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS AT CARGILL AND MARTISSON LAKE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 62500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 62500000mt ore
    Total resources 62500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 19.6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 56700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 56700000mt ore
    Total resources 56700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 20 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Indicated 60000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 60000000mt ore
    Total resources 60000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 20.2 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING RECOVERY IS ASSUMED TO BE 80 PERCENT; NEGL. DILUTION. M9C4=M1C1 MATRIX NINE COLUMN FOUR EQUALS MATRIX ONE COLUMN ONE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 65
    Capacity 5758
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SANDVIK, P.O. & ERDOSH, G., GEOLOGY OF THE CARGILL PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN ONTARIO: CIM BULLETIN, JANUARY 1977,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP. 90-96.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE. A SURVEY OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181, 1978,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP. A-27.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1986, PP.47.1-47.2

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH

  • Deposit

    EDITION, 1980.

  • Deposit

    ERDOSH, G. & SANDVIK, P. O., THE APATITE DEPOSIT OF THE

  • Deposit

    CARGILL CARBONATITE COMPLEX (ABSTRACT), 25TH INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 1976.

  • Deposit

    ERDOSH G., ONTARIO CARBONATITE PROVINCE AND ITS PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    POTENTIAL: ECON. GEOL. 1979, P. 331-338.

  • Deposit

    SANDVIK, P. O. & ERDOSH, G., GEOLOGY OF THE CARGILL

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN ONTARIO: CIM BULLETIN,

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1977, P. 90-96.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 177, JUNE 1982, PP.51-59.

  • Deposit

    GREEN MARKETS, JULY 16, 1984, PP.1, 8.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1989, NOV. 1989

  • Deposit

    MINERAL BULLETIN. MR223, NATIONAL MINING IND.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE DEVELOPED WITH MARTISON LAKE (#1220400117) AS A JOINT VENTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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