Strange Lake

CA / NL

•56.31806, -64.12121View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Strange Lake is a mineral prospect in Newfoundland, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Strange Lake Alkalic Complex (Granite), within the Cratonic, Possible Rift setting. Reported specimens include Zircon. The site was discovered in 1979.

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Zircon

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Strange Lake Alkalic Complex — Granite
Tectonic setting: Cratonic, Possible Rift

Structure

High Level Granite Cupola

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1979

Records and references

Cited references

MILLER, R.R., 1986, GEOLOGY OF THE STRANGE LAKE ALKALIC COMPLEX AND THE ASSOCIATED ZR-Y-NB-BE-REE MINERALIZATION: NEWFOUNDLAND DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY, CURENT RESEARCH REPORT. 86-1, P. 11-19. NEWFOUNDLAND, DEPARTMENT OF MINES. ASSESSMENT REPORTS. ZAJAC, I.S., MILLER, R., BIRKETT, T., AND NANTEL, S. 1984, QUEBEC LA GITE DE ZR, Y, NB, ET BE DU COMPLEXE ALCALIN DE STRANGE LAKE: QUEBEC-LABRADOR MERQ-DV. VOL. 84-18, P. 127-142.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024825 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 56.31806, -64.12121

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