Mine detail: St. Lawrence Fluorspar District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.90654, -55.42059

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Quartz, Calcium, Barium-Barite
Discovery year: 1843

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN, EPITHERMAL
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1870

Geology

Structure:ST. LAWRENCE GRANITE BATHOLITH

References

MRDSW006974
DEP60001686
Reference{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.}