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(Facility) Allard Lake Mine and Sorel Smelter

Plant in Quebec, Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium
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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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  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 10278779
MAS/MILS ID 1220500014
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Allard Lake Mine and Sorel Smelter
Alternate or previous names Allard Lake, Lac Tio Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -63.41409, 50.55662 (WGS84)
Elevation 80
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 Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Secondary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -63.41409, 50.55662
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 34M
    Length 1097M
    Width 1036M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840531

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1895
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1950
Plant type Smelter
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Saguenay County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Qit-Fer Et Titane Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • QIT-FER ET TITANE INC. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF RTZ INC. (RIO TINTO) - 1989 INFORMATION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 1149999mt
    Description Mt Of Ore Mined 1149999 Mt Ore
  • Year 1970
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 1899999mt
    Description Mt Of Ore Mined 1899999 Mt Ore
  • Year 1975
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 1820000mt
    Description Mt Of Ore Mined 1820000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1980
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 2089999mt
    Description Mt Of Ore Mined 2089999 Mt Ore
  • Year 1988
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 2195800mt
    Description Mt Of Ore Mined 2195800 Mt Ore
  • Year 1989
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 21958000mt
    Description Mt Of Ore Mined 21958000 Mt Ore

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT C REPRESENTS TIO2/FEO CONCENTRATE PRODUCT A AND B REPRESENT TITANIA SLAG AND HIGH PURITY PIG IRON RESPECTIVELY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1; 1982 PROPERTY EVALUATION DATA SHOULD BE 215,120,000 MT. RESOURCE DATA FOR THE 1994 STUDY.
  • GRADE OF PRODUCT HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 1982 DATA COLLECTION. INCLUDES THE SLAG SMELTER IN SOREL, QUEBEC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 81HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 11
    Capacity 13125
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 160
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • NO CHANGE IN SURFACE MINING CAPACITY AFTER INCREASE IN PRODUCTION CAPACITY. GREATER PRODUCTION DUE TO INCREASED RECOVERIES FROM MILL (97.5%) AND UPGRADED SMELTER.
  • QIT UPGRADED POWER CAPACITY OF 2 OF ITS NINE FURNACES TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO 1.1 MMT TIO2 SLAG AND .9 MMT PIG IRON MILL RECOVERY HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 97.5% BY DECREASING PROPORTION OF GANGUE IN THE FEED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRZ ANNUAL REPORT 1988.

  • Deposit

    BERGERON,M. QUEBEC IRON AND TITANIUM CORP. ORE DEPOSIT AT

  • Deposit

    LAC TIO, QUEBEC. GUIDEBOOK. EXCURSION B-09. INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 24TH SESSION. MONTREAL CANADA 1972. 8PP

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. QUEBEC IRON AND TITANIUM CORP.

  • Deposit

    A STUDY IN GROWTH. NOVEMBER 1964. PG 47-53.

  • Deposit

    ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA. MINERALS POLICY SECTOR

  • Deposit

    OTTAWA, CANADA. PROPERTY RECORD NO. 510310. REV. JUNE 1980.

  • Deposit

    HAMMOND PAUL. GEOLOGY OF ALLARD LAKE ILMENITE DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    THE CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULLETIN, V.42

  • Deposit

    MARCH 1949, PP.117-121.

  • Deposit

    KENNECOTT. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. 51 PP.

  • Deposit

    LEE, HERBERT Y. QUEBEC IRON AND TITANIUM CORP. MILLING

  • Deposit

    PRACTICE IN CANADA. THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND

  • Deposit

    METALLURGY. CIM SPECIAL VOL. 16, ED. BY D.E. PICKETT,1978

  • Deposit

    P336.

  • Deposit

    MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK. QUEBEC IRON AND TITANIUM CORP

  • Deposit

    1973-74, P. 482.

  • Deposit

    QIT-FER ET TITANE INC. BROCHURE. 4/M QIT, 1981, 30 PP.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, RICHARD. ED. QIT-INNOVATIVE, AGGRESSIVE, A LEADER IN

  • Deposit

    ILMENITE SMELTING. E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL PROC.

  • Deposit

    VOL. 1. MCGRAW HILL INC., N.Y., PP. 269-270.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ALLARD LAKE ILMENITE DEPOSITS LIE WITHIN A LARGE OVAL SHAPED ANORTHOSITIC INTRUSION. THE DEPOSITS OCCUR AS MASSIVE,MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED DYKES, SILLS, LENSES, OR IRREGULAR BODIES BELIEVED TO BE GENETICALLY RELATED TO THE ANORTHOSITE. THE LARGEST IS THE HEART SHAPED LAC TIO. THE PROCESSING FACILITIES OF THE LAC TIO ORE ARE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SOREL WHICH IS SITUATED AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ST. LAWERENCE AND RICHELIEU RIVERS. SOREL PRODUCES TWO MAIN PRODUCTS, A SLAG RICH IN TIO2 AND A HIGH PURITY PIG IRON. QIT-FER ET TITANE INC. IS OWNED 2/3RDS BY KENNECOTT COPPER CORP. AND 1/3RD BY NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. NO SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ARE EVIDENT AS MILL TAILINGS FROM BENIFICIATED ORE AMOUNT TO ONLY 10-12% OF THE TREATED ORE. THESE,HOWEVER ARE EVENTUALLY REMOVED AND USED IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. THIS RESERVE REPRESENTS THE LAC TIO N.W.,MAIN,AND CLIFF OREBODIES ONLY. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THE TOTAL RESERVES IN THE ALLARD LAKE PROPERTY AT THE END OF 1978 WERE 218,440,000 MT @ 31 % TIO2 AND FEO @ 45.8 %. THE MINE ONLY PRODUCES ORE 160 D/YR (SUMMER MONTHS). THE OTHER 90 D/YR (TOTAL DAYS MINE OPERATES = 250) ARE SPENT ON EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND SIMILAR TASKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-96 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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