St. Lawrence Fluorspar District

Producer in Newfoundland, Canada with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Quartz, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001686
MRDS ID W006974
Record type District
Current site name St. Lawrence Fluorspar District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.42059, 46.90654 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT., LONG. AND ALT. ARE FOR DIRECTOR MINE WHICH IS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT. IMPORTANT DEPOSITS ARE DIRECTOR, TAREFARE, GREBES NEST, BIG MEADOW, CANAL, IRON SPRINGS, LORD AND LADY GULCH, BLUE BEACH, HARES EARS, CHURCH AND SCRAPE.

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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.42059, 46.90654

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description ST. LAWRENCE GRANITE BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1843
Discoverer J. B. Jukes
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name ST. LAWRENCE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NEWFOUNDLAND FLUORSPAR LTD.
  • Type Owner
    Owner ST. LAWRENCE CORP. OF NFLD. LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner NEWFOUNDLAND FLUORSPAR LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner ST. LAWRENCE CORP. OF NFLD. LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTLEY, C. M., 1961, FLUORSPAR: CANADIAN DEPT. MINES AND TECH. SURVEYS, OTTAWA; MINES BRANCH INFO. CIRC. IC 127, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    COTE, P. R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR, IN THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969, P. 59, 62

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMSON, D. H., JOOSTE, R. F. AND BAIRD, D. M., 1957, ST. LAWRENCE FLUORITE DISTRICT, IN THE GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: CAN. INST. MIN. AND METALL. 6TH CONG. P. 90 - 97.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R. E., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE AREA BURIN PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND: NEWFOUNDLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, 64 P.

Beyond USGS

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