Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52J07NW00016
| Record Name(s) | North Kashaweogama Lake - 1967, Miniss River - South - 1982, Savant Lake Iron - 1966 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Nov-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Armit Lake Area, Hill Lake Area, Solitude Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 29' 43.17" Longitude: -90° 45' 29.36"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 659002.03 Northing: 5596106.37 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52J07NE, 52J07NW, 52J10SE, 52J10SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Property is 12 km west of Highway 599 (Pickle Lake highway). Access is by float plane to nearby lake.
1958: Northern Canada Mines Ltd. drilled 5100 feet. 1961: Northern Canada Mines conducted magnetometer and geological surveys. 1966-67: The Hanna Mining Co. Ltd. drilled 7 DDH.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.1151 / 52J10SE-0016 | 52J10SE8874 | 52J10SE8874 |
| 2.2219 | 52J10SE8869 | 52J10SE8869 |
| 11 / 52J07NW-0010C1 | 52J07NW8930 | 52J07NW8930 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Savant Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Jun 29, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Two discontinuous bands of magnetite-quartz iron formation, 50-400 feet wide and 500-800 feet apart, with a strike length of over 3 miles, within Archean metavolcanics (Shklanka, 1968).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 29, 2015 (C Ravnaas) - Visual estimates of up to 70% magnetite.
Jun 29, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - 4 zones grading 28% Fe which can be concentrated to 65% Fe with 93% recovery on grinding to -325M (Shklanka, 1968)
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| North Kashaweogama | 1968 | Unclassified | 405000 | MDC011, Shklanka, 1968 - p.443 | Possible Resource: 405 000 tons at 28% Fe in 4 zones and a possible 50 Mt at unstated grade | Iron 28 % |
Map - Miniss Lake sheet, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0354 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C., Pryslak A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 443-444 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Highstone Lake-Miniss Lake area, east sheet, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2064 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Hudec P.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Miniss-Tully lakes, Hooker-Fitchie lakes sheet, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2218 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1979
Author: Breaks F.W., Bond W.D., Stone D., Desnoyers D.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Savant Lake area, districts of Thunder Bay and Kenora
Publication Number: P3099 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1988
Author: Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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