British Columbia
Producer

Birch Island Uranium - Fluorspar Deposit

British Columbia, Canada
ManganeseFluorine-FluoriteREEStrontiumIronUranium
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Commodities
TertiaryManganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Strontium, Iron, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBastnasite, Monazite, Pitchblende
GangueFeldspar, Galena, Pyrite, Sericite
Other materialsCelestite
Geology
Host rockTrachyte
Associated rockTrachyte · Porphyritic Trachytic Tuffs
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10069443
MRDS IDW006978
Alternate namesRexspar Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates51.44994, -109.81756
References
, 1957, THE GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: CAN. INST. MINING & METALLURGY, 6TH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALL. CONGRESS, P. 90BARTLEY, C.M., 1961, FLUORSPAR: CANADIAN DEPT. MINES AND TECH. SURVEYS, MINES BRANCH INFO. CIRC. IC 127, P. 51 & 52SCOTT, J.W., 1954, THE REXSPAR URANIUM PROPERTY: WESTERN MINER & OIL REVIEW, DEC. 1954, V. 27, N. 12, P. 40 - 42.COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR: THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969, P. 59, 62COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE...