Steel Mountain: Rockhounding in Unincorporated Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Steel Mountain is a mapped rockhounding spot in Unincorporated Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Reported finds include almandine, garnet group, corundum, diopside, epidote, and more. Below: coordinates, access notes, and nearby spots.
About Steel Mountain
Steel Mountain is an anorthosite complex in the western Newfoundland Appalachians, dated by whole-rock isotopes at about 1.2 billion years and interpreted as a sliver of ancient basement caught up in the mountain belt. Along with feldspathic anorthosite and gabbronorite, the complex contains bodies of magnetite-ilmenite ore. Mineralogical study documents euhedral almandine-rich garnet and Mg-rich hercynite spinel partly altered to corundum, matching the garnet, spinel and corundum reported from this locality.
Plan your visit
Permission required before collecting
- County
- Unincorporated Newfoundland
- Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Coordinates
- 48.40260, -58.33190
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground and access before you head out.
Land & collecting status
Permission required before collecting
Requires landowner or agency permission before any collecting. Do not enter without explicit authorization.
Collecting rules in Canada are set provincially and by land owner. Crown land and many public beaches allow casual hand collecting, while provincial and national parks are off-limits. Confirm the rules for this site before you dig.
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AlmandineEncyclopedia →- Garnet Group
CorundumEncyclopedia →
DiopsideEncyclopedia →
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Nearby rockhounding spots
Other rockhounding spots in Newfoundland and Labrador within driving distance of Steel Mountain.
- Blanche Brook fossil treesNewfoundland and Labrador · 26 km awayFossil, Fossil Tree, Fossil Plant
- Shoal PointNewfoundland and Labrador · 46 km awayPyrite Concretion
- Corner BrookNewfoundland and Labrador · 67 km awayDogtooth Calcite
- Rose BlancheNewfoundland and Labrador · 92 km awayGarnet Group, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
- Green Point (Gros Morne National Park)Newfoundland and Labrador · 145 km awayFossil, Graptolite, Conodont
- Flat Water Pond roadcutsNewfoundland and Labrador · 213 km awayVirginite, Fuchsite, Magnesite
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