Lake Michikamau

Occurrence in Newfoundland, Canada with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10008213
MRDS ID	D000198
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lake Michikamau

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-63.99902, 54.49997 (WGS84)

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
Iron	Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical	Tertiary
Vanadium Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-63.99902, 54.49997	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DISSEMINATED AND LAYERED IN ANORTHOSITE, PRECAMBRIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the reserve resource information

LITTLE KNOWN BUT PROBABLY MEDIUM TO LARGE; CONCENTRATE OF ONE SAMPLE = 58% FE, 9% TIO2, 1.9% V2O5

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D000198

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

ROSE, 1970

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.