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Nantucket Island

Occurrence in New Brunswick, Canada with commodity Silica
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023798
MRDS ID I001547
Record type Site
Current site name Nantucket Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.71596, 44.69994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Brunswick(province)

Canada(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eastport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eastport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUITABLE FOR PRODUCTION OF FERROSILICON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Green Head Group
    Rock description Green Head Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.71596, 44.69994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Horn Mining Syndicate Inc.
    First year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ESTIMATED TO 20 FT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • SAMPLING AND DRILLING 1974-75.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1989, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1989: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN MR223, UNPAGINATED

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE BANDS OF FAIRLY PURE QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Wells, Tina M. (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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