Strange Lake

Prospect in Newfoundland, Canada with commodities REE, Zirconium
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023656
MRDS ID I001051
Record type Site
Current site name Strange Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.99897, 56.50001 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position WEST OF NAIN ON THE LABRADOR-QUEBEC BORDER.

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
REE Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.99897, 56.50001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arcadia Mineral Ventures Inc. (Optioned From Iron Ore Co. Of Canada)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 55000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 0.38 wt-pct REE Major 1992
    Zirconium Zr 2.99 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1992

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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