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| Record Name(s) | Eagle River Iron Formation - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Point Isacor Area
Latitude: 47° 58' 1.43" Longitude: -85° 22' 43.68"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 621009.46 Northing: 5313911.19 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N14NW
Point Location Description: Iron formation
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.
1970-74: Falconbridge Nickel - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, 32 ddh (9164 ft). 1983: New Beginnings Resources - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Groseilliers-0010-A1 | 41N14NW0013 | 41N14NW0013 |
| Groseilliers-0011 | 42C03SE9100 | 42C03SE9100 |
| GROSEILLIERS 14 | ||
| Groseilliers-0016 | 41N14NE0020 | 41N14NE0020 |
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, P. 494
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling by Falconbridge intersected variable widths of massive sulphide consisting of pyrite, pyrrhotite and galena. The mafic metavolcanic rocks surrounding these massive sulphide intersections contain from 1-10% sulphides.
File - Resident Geologist files Groseilliers-0014
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Location: SSM RGP office
Folio - Point Isacor area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 41N/14NW
Publication Number: GDIF595 Date: 1997
Author: Wawa RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Point Isacor sheet
Publication Number: P3156 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
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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:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, southeastern section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P2972 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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:
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 - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 301 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: 152-153 Date: 1991
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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