Lac Du Pin-Rouge Deposit

CA / QC

•45.96164, -74.04453View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Lac Du Pin-Rouge Deposit is a mineral prospect in Quebec, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Morin Anorthosite Massif (Anorthosite), within the Grenville Orogenic Belt setting. Reported specimens include Iron, Rutile. The site was discovered in 1955.

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Found Here

IronRutile

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Morin Anorthosite Massif — Anorthosite
Tectonic setting: Grenville Orogenic Belt

Structure

Gabbro-Anorthosite Foliated Intrusive Rocks Contain Lenses Of Ilmn-Hmtt And Disseminated Titaniferous Mgnt

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1955

Records and references

Cited references

ROSE, E.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF TITANIUM AND TITANIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF CANADA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT 25, P. 89-90. GROSS, G.A., 1967, GEOLOGY OF IRON DEPOSITS IN CANADA; VOLUME II, IRON DEPOSITS IN THE APPALACHIAN AND GRENVILLE REGIONS OF CANADA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT NO. 22, P. 64-65.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024818 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 45.96164, -74.04453

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