Ontario
Plant

Martison Lake

Ontario, Canada
Niobium (Columbium)Phosphorus-PhosphatesREE
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Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryREE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Goethite, Magnetite, Pyrochlore
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1964
Identification
Deposit ID10206492
Alternate namesMartinson Lake
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates50.25001, -83.24985
References
DAWSON, K.R., "NIOBIUM (COLUMBIUM) AND TANTALUM INCANDA," ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT. NO. 29, PP. 19-32, DEPT.OF ENERGY MINES & RESOURCES, CANADA.KUIKKOLA, K., SEPPALA, J., AIRAKSINEN, T. AND AALTONEN,J., "SELECTIVE FLOATATION OF APATITE FROM CARBONATITE GLIM-MERITE ORE, "INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS, OCT.1982.SAGE. R.P., "NO. 16 ALKALIC ROCKS CARBONATITECOMPLEXES," ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1979.SANDGREN, P.M., I. AHLIN, J. BAK, AND B. FAGERBERG,"PRODUCTION OF APATITE IN SWEDEN," INTERNATIONAL MINERALPROCESSING CONGRESS, OCT. 1982.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES & RESOURCES, OTTAWA, MINERALDEPOSIT RECORD NO. 42J-6.NORHTERN MINER, SELECTED ARTICLES DATED JAN. 13/83 ANDFEB. 10/83.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, 1977-1982.BENEFICIATING MARTISON LAKE PHOSPHATE-NIOBIUM ORE,LAKEFIELD RESEARCH DEVELOPS A WORKABLE PROCESS, PHOSPHORUSAND POTASSIUM, #144, (JULY-AUGUST 1986), PP. 34 TO 36.CANADIAN MINERALS DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1989,ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, CANADA, MINERAL BULLETIN MR 223NOVEMBER 1984.