Lac Du Pin-Rouge Deposit

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10024818
MRDS ID ISM0570
Record type Site
Current site name Lac Du Pin-Rouge Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.04453, 45.96164 (WGS84)
Relative position MAIN HEMO-ILMENITE ZONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Comments on the location information

  • 50 KM NW OF MONTREAL, ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Morin Anorthosite Massif
    Rock description Morin Anorthosite Massif

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.04453, 45.96164

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gabbro-Anorthosite Foliated Intrusive Rocks Contain Lenses Of Ilmn-Hmtt And Disseminated Titaniferous Mgnt

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN CONTAINS BLADES OF HMTT WITH ASSOCIATED MGNT CONTAINING ILMN INCLUSIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Laurentian Titanium Mines Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HEMO-ILMENITE, RR17. HEMO-ILMENITE CAN BE BENEFICIATED TO 38% TIO2 AND 45% FE WITH LESS THAN 3% IMPURITIES, AT -48 MESH. PELLETS GRADING 68.3% FE, 1.25% SIO2, 0.7% TIO2, 0.03% P, CAN BE MADE FROM THE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE MATERIAL.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X; TIO2 GRADE). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.). 0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Zwartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada

Beyond USGS

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