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| Record Name(s) | South Evans Creek Iron Range - 1909 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-Jul-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Leclaire
Latitude: 48° 14' 39.52" Longitude: -84° 40' 21.41"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 672785.93 Northing: 5346073.66 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C07SE
Point Location Description: Iron formation east of Evans Creek
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The iron range is most easily accessed by travelling north by boat on the Magpie River Reservoir from the Steephill Falls power dam for approximately 20 km. The iron range extends westward across Evans Creek.
1909-1910: prospecting 1953: Algoma Ore Properties Ltd. - 1 ddh (433 ft), geological mapping, dip needle survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Leclaire-0015-B1 | 42C07SE0607 | 42C07SE0607 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The South Evans Creek iron range extends from the axial planar fault along Evans Creek. this fault separates the South Evans Creek iron range from the north end of the Godon Lake Iron Range. The iron range is continuous from Evans Creek to just beyond the east boundary of Leclaire Twp. It is separated from the North Evans Creek iron range by a strike slip fault along Evans Creek. A short segment of this iron formation in the vicinity of Pashoskoota Lake has been termed the Finger Lake Iron Range. Unlike the North Evans Creek iron range, this iron range is considered to be a Michipicoten-type iron formation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide Facies | Host |
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| Intermediate Schist | 2 | Mafic To Intermediate | Schistose | Hanging Wall |
| Intermediate Tuff | 3 | Intermediate To Felsic | Tuff | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation is commonly brecciated and in outcrop consists of iron stained laminated chert. Collins et al. reported an irregular band of pyritic material on the east side of the range which is locally associated with siderite and granular silica. On the north side, the iron formation is in contact with schistose to massive intermediate to mafic metavolcanic rocks. Ont he south side, the iron formation is in contact with intermediate to felsic tuffs, sericite schists, feldspar crystal tuffs and breccia.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Evans Creek No. 1 reportedly averaged 15.0% Fe, 66.3% Si and 2.1% S over a 200 foot width.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 7330 | 60 | 55 | 2750 MA | OFR 5888 |
File - Resident Geologist files WP Esquega.33
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Michipicoten area, Algoma District, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1972 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1923
Author: Collins, W H; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107947
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 74 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Leclaire Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P2636 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 243 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 302-303 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Michipicoten Iron Ranges; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 147
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 147 Page: 98-100 Date: 1926
Author: Collins, W H; Quirke, T T; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100849
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