| Title | Fluorite / La fluorine |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Collings, R K; Andrews, P R A |
| Source | Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Summary Report no. 3, 1988, 51 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/307286  Open Access |
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| Year | 1988 |
| Alt Series | Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Canmet Report 88-4E |
| Publisher | Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; Ontario; British Columbia |
| Subjects | industrial minerals; Economics and Industry; Science and Technology; fluorite |
| Released | 1988 01 01; 2018 04 09 |
| Abstract | More than 300 occurrences or deposits of fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF2) have been recorded in Canada; however, deposits of economic significance are confined largely to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
Ontario and British Columbia. There is only one producer at present, Minworth Ltd., with a mine and concentrator near St. Lawrence on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. Fluorite occurs in the form of vein, replacement and residual deposits; vein
deposits predominate and form the chief source of commercial fluorite. Although some deposits are relatively high grade, most require beneficiation. Beneficiation commonly includes gravity separation, e.g., jigging and tabling, magnetic separation
and flotation. Fluorite has important uses in the chemical, metallurgical and ceramic industries, and is produced in three grades acid, metallurgical and ceramic to supply industry requirements. Fluorite has been the subject of many laboratory
studies by CANMET and other organizations. This report references 31 fluorite studies by CANMET and nine by others. Summaries of the most important CANMET studies are presented in the Appendix. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 307286 |
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