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Natashquan

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium, Zirconium
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278972
MAS/MILS ID 1220500141
Record type Site
Current site name Natashquan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.81718, 50.17632 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quebec(province)

Canada(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN QUEBEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Secondary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.81718, 50.17632
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tiomin Resources Inc., Toronto
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • TIOMIN RESOURCES INC. SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OR UNDERSTANDING WITH SHAIRCO, A SAUDI ARABIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CO., TO JOINTLY DEVELOP THE DEPOSIT. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE MINING OF ILMENITE AND MAGNETITE IN QUEBEC, FOLLOWED BY THE PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC RUTILE AND METALLIC IRON IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PROPOSED JV IS SUBJECT TO REGULATORY APPROVAL. THE JV WILL BE 50:50 INITIALLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    "TIOMIN MINSANDS DEVELOPMENTS." INDUSTRIAL MINERALS.

  • Ownership

    APRIL 1995. NO. 331. P.9.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL MINERAL OCT. 10, 1990, P 36.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE-JUNE 1987, P-14.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKILLINGS-FEB. 24, 1990,P-19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TIOMIN RESOURCES INC., TORONTO, IS PLANNING A PILOT SCALE MINERAL PRODUCTION WITH A TEST FLOWSHEET FOR INDIVIDUAL MINERAL SEPARATION. THE NATASHQUAN DEPOSIT IS BEING EXAMINED TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-APR-1995 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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