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Fostung

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodity Tungsten
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024792
MRDS ID ISM0544
Record type Site
Current site name Fostung

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.64758, 46.2311 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Espanola Formation
    Rock description Espanola Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.64758, 46.2311
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Mid-Proterozoic Granite Pluton.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCLT + MLBD + GRNT + CLPX + TMLT + ACNL + PYTT + CLCP + SPRL + ARPR + VSVN + WLST + FLRT + GOLD + SLVR; SKARN ZONE IS 2.1 KM LONG AND 0.4 KM WIDE. THE BEST EXPLORED MINERALIZED ZO NE TO DATE (THE F33-10 ZONE) IS AT LEAST 800 M LONG, MORE THAN 100 M WIDE AT SU RFACE, AND EXTENDS TO AT LEAST 200 M BELOW SURFACE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Year of last production >1986

Mining district

District name Sudbury

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sulpetro Minerals Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON CALCULATED 81,200 TONNES PER VERTICAL METRE EXTENDING FOR 200 M.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( H,X TUNGSTEN PRICE;). ASSESSMENT(POTENTIAL FOR SELECTIVE OPEN PIT MINING DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TUNGSTEN PRICES. CLOSE TO LARGE MINING CENTER (SUDBURY).);

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0544
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI W0142
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41 I4 W1

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GINN,R.M. AND BEECHAM,A.W., 1986, THE FOSTUNG SCHEELITE DEPOSIT, ESPANOLA, ONTARIO: CANADIAN GEOLOGY JOURNAL OF CIM, VOL. 1, NO. 1, P. 46-54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). OPEN PIT POTENTIAL
Deposit Discovery Year: 1981, (SHOWINGS KNOWN SINCE 1966)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada