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Record: MDI41N13NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Maple-Cameron Lakes Occurrences - 1905, North of Maple Lake - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Pilot Harbour Area

Latitude: 47° 59' 49.38"    Longitude: -85° 31' 52.88"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 609559.22   Northing: 5317015.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N13NE

Point Location Description: Iron formation at east end of Maple Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The property is most easily accessed by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983: Brass Ring Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1989: Oneida Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
41N13NE0012 42C03SW0113 42C03SW0113
WP_Pilot Harbour_NE-11, 2.13155 42C04SE0004 42C04SE0004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of intermittent lenses of chert-magnetite iron fomration. The approximate strike extent of the iron formation is 8 miles.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A representative sample of the iron formation collected in 1905 returned an assay of 19.17% Fe, 0.51% Si and 0.076% P.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Concordant

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Paleo-Surface

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular 10.6 270 90

References

Folio - Pilot Harbour NE area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 41N/13NE

Publication Number: GDIF598 Date: 1997

Author: Wawa RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Part - Iron ranges of Michipicoten West

Publication Number: ARV14-01.012 Page: 316, 336  Date: 1998

Author: Bell J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Map of the Michipicoten iron ranges, west of the Magpie River

Publication Number: ARM14A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Bell J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 414  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pilot Harbour sheet

Publication Number: P3155 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1992

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, south-central section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P2971 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1986

Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 298  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area

Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 171  Date: 1991

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 166  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R153 Page: 24  Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923

Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 187  Date: 1998

Author:

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