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MDI52A05NW00007
| Record Name(s) | Halverson - 1979, Marks Lake - 1979, Rockstone - 2007 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Marks
Latitude: 48° 23' 59.78" Longitude: -89° 48' 57.45"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 291580.8 Northing: 5364584.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property can be reached by going west from Kakabeka Falls on Highway 590 for 18 km, turning NW onto Adrian Lake Rd and going 2.5 km.
1956: New Fortune Mines conducted an airborne magnetometer survey. 1957: New Fortune Mines conducted a magnetometer survey. Port Arthur Iron Ore Corp. acquired the property. 1958: Drilled 1 DDH totalling 246 ft. 1961: Port Arthur Iron Ore Corp. optioned the property to the Hanna Mining Company. 1962: Hanna Mining carried out a magnetometer survey and geologic survey. 1967: Antioch Invetsments Ltd. conducted a mag and EM survey. 1996: Cumberland optioned 60% of the property from the Stares brothers, conducted linecutting and soil geochemical sampling. 1997: Cumberland conducted magnetic and VLF-EM surveys. 2006: property staked by K. Kukkee. 2007: Sabina Silver Corp. conducted airborne VTEM and mag surveys. 2008: Sabina Silver conducted geochemical sampling. 2012: Greencastle Resources drilled 4 DDH on their Rockstone Property, none directly on the Halverson prospect, and conducted downhole geophysics. 2014: Greencastle conducted prospecting, assaying of pulps, VLF, mineralogical studies and metallurgical testing.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.38052 | 20000002921 | 20000002921 |
| 11 | 52A05SW0021 | 52A05SW0021 |
| 63.1188 | 52A05SW0005 | 52A05SW0005 |
| 63.2243 | 52A05SW0004 | 52A05SW0004 |
| 2.17392 | 52A05NW0022 | 52A05NW0022 |
| 2.16927 | 52A05NW0005 | 52A05NW0005 |
| 2.54111 | 20000007993 | 20000007993 |
| 2.39449 | 20000003327 | 20000003327 |
| 2.52796 | 20000007399 | 20000007399 |
| 2.55620 | 20000008412 | 20000008412 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Near | ||
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 5 | Near |
Mar 24, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - The iron formation is reported to be interbedded with mafic volcanics in a sequence that also includes felsic volcanics and sediments. The iron formation is extremely deformed and hosts small ragged lenticular bodies of mafic volcanics. The plunge of the minor folds is consistently steep to the northwest (AFRI 52A05NW0005).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chert | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Amphibole | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Garnet | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 24, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Assays ranged from 23.03 to 33.02% Fe (AFRI 52A05SW0021). Magnetite-quartz (jasper) iron formation with some specularite, amphibole, garnet and intercalated andesite associated with lean iron formation and quartzite within Archean metavolcanics. This occurrence has two main areas: one 2100 x 175 ft and another 700 x 70 ft, with the iron content estimated at 25% (Shklanka, 1968).
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
Part - Gunflint iron range in the vicinity of Port Arthur
Publication Number: ARV69-07.001 Page: 1-40 Date: 1998
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 394-395 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Thunder Bay Sheet
Publication Number: M2664 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Atikokan-Lakehead sheet, geological compilation series, Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2065 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Marks Township
Publication Number: M2618 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1995
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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