Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryQuartz, Calcium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN, EPITHERMAL
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFAULT - FISSURE CONTROL (NORMAL FAULTS)
Geology
StructureST. LAWRENCE GRANITE BATHOLITH
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1870
Discovery year1843
Identification
Deposit ID60001686
MRDS IDW006974
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates46.90654, -55.42059
References
BARTLEY, C. M., 1961, FLUORSPAR: CANADIAN DEPT. MINES AND TECH. SURVEYS, OTTAWA; MINES BRANCH INFO. CIRC. IC 127, 55 P.COTE, P. R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR, IN THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969, P. 59, 62WILLIAMSON, 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.VAN ALSTINE, R. E., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE AREA BURIN PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND: NEWFOUNDLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, 64 P.