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| Record Name(s) | Wanapitei Lake Occurrence - 1923, Rathbun Lake Occurrence - 1970 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Rathbun
Latitude: 46° 46' 55.27" Longitude: -80° 48' 29.94"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 514632.001 Northing: 5180959.006 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SW
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Access From the Wanapitei Indian Reserve #11 band office, travel northwest 0.5km to road to east that crosses Post Creek. Proceed 70m to trail on north side of road. Traverse north through the bush to site on rock knoll.
1908-09: diamond drilling. 1961-62: Ironco Mining and Smelting - ground geophysics, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Rathbun-0016-A1 | 41I15SE0097 | 41I15SE0097 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkosic Arenite | 3 | Hanging Wall | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Footwall |
Mar 26, 2010 (A Wilson) - The iron formation is described as oxide facies banded iron formation adjacent to metasediments of the Missisagi Formation. The iron formation consists of three lenses are about 200 to 300 feet long and 50 feet thick. The jasper is interbedded with magnetite and jasper in bands up to 5 inches wide and 2 to 3 feet long.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Jasper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 26, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from the north end of the iron formation in 1962 reportedly returned 19.9% Fe, 22.5% Fe and 31.3% Fe.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
Map - Geological series, Rathbun Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P1609 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1978
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Capreol sheet, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0367 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 357 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sudbury mining area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0405 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Wanapitei Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R213 Page: 92 Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Rathbun Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF316 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Otter Lake, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2450 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 207 Date: 1998
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