Indian Head Area

Producer in Newfoundland, Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008210
MRDS ID D000194
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Head Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.49896, 48.49987 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Newfoundland(province)

Canada(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Newfoundland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.49896, 48.49987

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN LAYERS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE AND MAGNETITE-ILMENITE IN ANORTHOSITE (NORITE GNEISS) PRECAMBRIAN (ROSE, 1969)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL PROBABLY SMALL (ROSE, 1969). ONE CONC. SAMPLE = 1.8% V2O5 (ROSE, 1970)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1969, CANADA G. S., ECON. GEOL. REPT. 25

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1973, CANADA G. S., ECON. GEOL. REPT. 27

  • Deposit

    ROSE, E. R., 1970, CANADA G. S., PAPER 69-54

  • Production

    ROSE, 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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