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Hickman's Harbour

Prospect in Newfoundland, Canada with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096957
MRDS ID I001050
Record type Site
Current site name Hickman's Harbour
Alternate or previous names Random Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -53.73215, 48.09982 (WGS84)
Relative position AROUND HICKMAN'S HARBOUR ON RANDOM ISLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Newfoundland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -53.73215, 48.09982
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR FOLDING AND UPLIFT; ECARB; APATITE; CHERT; CARBONATE MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer J. Tuach Geological Consultants

Comments on the production information

  • 1 MIL TPYPRODUCTION IS OF SELECTIVELY MINED "DIRECT-SHIPPING-GRADE" ROCK YEARS OF ACTUAL PRODUCTION WERE 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 AND 1981; MINE WAS ON CARE-AND-MAINTENANCE FROM JULY 1978 TO NOVEMBER 1981 ORE P INS 1068 MIL MT 1975 17.1 % P2O5

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992, MEETING REPORTS: NEWFOUNDLAND EXPLORATION--DOWN BUT NOT OUT: NO. 294, P. 64-65

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE NIL
Deposit PURPLE, GREEN, AND RED SLATE OVER A 6 KM STRIKE LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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