Formerly: Evans-Lou Mine, St-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Portland Township, Papineau Co., Québec, Canada
A abandoned mine (quarry ?) located near Wakefield Lake, 40 km North of Ottawa. A rare-earth granitic pegmatite dike containing Y, Nb, Bi and V was exposed. Mined for feldspar, quartz and REE. Started 1932 and closed 1956.
Coordinates extrapolated from topographic map.
References:
- Am. Mineral. 56, 395-410
- Hogarth, D.D. (1972): The Evans-Lou pegmatite, Quebec: a unique yttrium-niobium-bismuth-vanadium mineral assemblage. Mineralogical Record, 3 (2), 69-77.
- Hogarth, D. D.; Chao, G. Y. & Harris, D. C. (1972): New data on hellandite. Canadian Mineralogist 11: 760-776
- Can. Min. 24, 665-673
- Sabina, A.P. (1986) Rocks & Minerals for the collector; Buckingham - Mont-Laurier - Grenville, Quebec Hawkesbury - Ottawa, Ontario. GSC Misc. Report 33, 27,30-31 p.
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Map Reference: 45°45'35"N , 75°42'17"W
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