St. Fabien

Occurrence in Quebec, Canada with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023469
MRDS ID I000454
Record type Site
Current site name St. Fabien
Alternate or previous names Roy Ross

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.2693, 48.26994 (WGS84)

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
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 181
USGS model code 27e
Deposit model name Disseminated Sb

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.2693, 48.26994

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Esso Resources Canada Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 60000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 40 wt-pct Barium Major 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1980, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1980: MINERAL POLICY SECTOR INTERNAL REPORT MRI 80/7, 294 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF VEINS CONTAINING BARITE, SOME HAVE DISSEMINATED GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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