CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
123 Canada (Nova Scotia) 45.29 N -- 063.31 W Londonderry Fe
 
Database name: Canadian Iron Formation
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: G. A. Gross and E. M. Hillary
Release date: 2014-10-01
   
Deposit name(s): Londonderry
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia
NTS map data: 011E05 (Bass River)
Deposit clan (type): enriched iron formation
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Fe
Tectonic setting: continental shelf
References:
Sinclair, W. D.; Jen, L.-S., 1999
Mines and Mineral Deposits of Canada
Internet

Production data: Report period: from 1849 until 1908; 2 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Reference: Gross, G. A., 1967: Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada; Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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