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MDI52A05SW00002
| Record Name(s) | North River - 1952 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Strange
Latitude: 48° 17' 51.63" Longitude: -89° 56' 36.43"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 281708.64 Northing: 5353574.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1952: L.K. Johnson Explorations drilled 1 DDH.
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase Sill | Adjacent |
Feb 07, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Gently dipping Gunflint iron formation. Drilling intersected 252.7 feet, including 18 feet of the Upper and the remainder of the Lower parts of the formation (Shklanka, 1968).
| 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 |
Part - Gunflint iron formation of the Whitefish Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV69-07.002 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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