Mine detail: St. Lawrence Fluorspar District

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Location: Newfoundland, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.90654, -55.42059
dep_id: 60001686
mrds_id: W006974
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Quartz, Calcium, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN, EPITHERMAL
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: FAULT - FISSURE CONTROL (NORMAL FAULTS)
Structure: ST. LAWRENCE GRANITE BATHOLITH
Year first produced: 1870
disc_yr: 1843
discr: J. B. Jukes
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.
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