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| Record Name(s) | Fall Creek Occurrence - 1905, Dog River Claims - 1905 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Groseilliers
Latitude: 47° 58' 41.06" Longitude: -85° 16' 55.44"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 628202.43 Northing: 5315290.97 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N14NW
Point Location Description: Iron formations
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible from Wawa by helicopter or by boat.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Mishibishu Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P. 494
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Chlorite Schist | Sheared | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrences reportedly consists of several discrete bands of cherty iron formation. The iron formation itself is hosted by sheared mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Concordant |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 3200 | 51 |
Folio - Groseilliers Township, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 41N/14N
Publication Number: GDIF590 Date: 1997
Author: Wawa RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Dog Harbour sheet
Publication Number: P3157 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 - University River, Algoma and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2333 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: 337 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 88-89 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Operation Pukaskwa, University River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P0507 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 207 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 194 Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area
Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 139 Date: 1991
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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