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  2. Bushveld Igneous Complex - Wikipedia

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    Bushveld Igneous Complex geologic map and mine locations. The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is the largest layered igneous intrusion [1] [2] within the Earth's crust. [3] It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops around what appears to be the edge of a great geological basin: the Transvaal Basin.

  3. Bushveld - Wikipedia

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    The Bushveld is one of the most mineral-rich regions of the world. This is due to the Bushveld igneous complex, an extremely rich saucer-shaped geological formation that stretches over more than 50,000 square kilometers. This formation contains most of the world's reserves of minerals such as andalusite, chromium, fluorspar, platinum and vanadium.

  4. Geology of Ontario - Wikipedia

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    The Southern province is a narrow region from Sault Ste. Marie to Kirkland Lake, is made of rocks dating 1.8 to 2.4 billion years ago. [1] The Hudson Bay lowlands, located north of the Canadian Shield, are mainly made of sedimentary rocks from the Silurian Period, although some parts date from the Ordovician and Devonian periods. [1]

  5. Waterberg Biosphere - Wikipedia

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    These extruded rocks, containing minerals such as vanadium and platinum, are called the Bushveld Igneous Complex. The original extent of this rock upthrust involved about 250,000 square kilometres, and is sometimes called the Waterberg Supergroup. Sedimentary deposition from rivers cutting through Waterberg endured until roughly 1.5 billion ...

  6. Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited - Wikipedia

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    Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited ("WGM") is one of Canada's longest running independent firms of geological and mining consultants. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the firm provides professional services to the global mineral resource industry, including exploration project management, property valuations, Mineral Resource and Reserve estimates, National Instrument 43-101 and JORC ...

  7. Port Lands - Wikipedia

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    Detailed map of Toronto's Port Lands In 1986, the City of Toronto created the Toronto Economic Development Corporation which since 2009 has operated under the name Toronto Port Lands Company. TPLC is a City corporation that manages real estate assets and promotes development in the Port Lands.

  8. Noranda Mines - Wikipedia

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    Noranda was incorporated in 1922 as Noranda Mines under the leadership of James Y. Murdoch to exploit the Horne deposit, discovered by Edmond Henry Horne on mineral claims he staked in 1920 near Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. [1] [2] Extraction of copper began on 17 December 1927. Although extraction was originally predicted to last for only three ...

  9. Adex Mining - Wikipedia

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    Adex holds 102 mineral claims at Mount Pleasant covering approximately 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres), as well as 405 hectares (1,000 acres) of surface rights. [2] Mount Pleasant's Fire Tower Zone contains tungsten - molybdenum mineralization, and is the site of a past-producing tungsten mine operated by Billiton from 1983 to 1985. [ 3 ]