Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002495

Deposit: MDI000000002495

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Albany River East - 2021
Deposit Status occurrence
Date Created 2021-Mar-29
Date Last Modified 2021-Mar-29
Created By T Pettigrew
Revised By T Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: iron

Location

Township or Area: Kagiami Falls Area

Latitude: 51° 26' 16.42"    Longitude: -86° 43' 2.88"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 519638   Northing: 5698560    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42M07NE

Point Location Description: OGS sample 16BA271, MRD380

Location Method: field visit with gps

Exploration and Mining History

2010: Canada Chrome Corp. carried out soil sampling and borehole drilling.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number   Online Assessment File Identifier   Online Assessment File Directory  
2.47956     20000013699     Open

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Belt: Manitouwadge-hornepayne

Geological Age: Archean   

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
mafic metavolcanics 1 pillowed host

Mineralization

Deposit Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Habit Description
1 pyrrhotite economic ore
2 pyrite economic ore

Mineralization Comments

03/29/2021 (T Pettigrew) - Sample 16BA271 returned 21.5 wt% Fe from a mafic pillowed flow with abundant pyrrhotite and pyrite alteration (MRD380).

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For detailed information regarding this mineral deposit please contact the Thunder Bay North Resident Geologist District Office