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| Record Name(s) | Goulais River - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Nahwegezhic
Latitude: 47° 3' 34.91" Longitude: -83° 49' 45.05"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 285155.86 Northing: 5215682.746 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41O04SW
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 500 metres east of Cowie Lake, 1.5 kilometres east of the west boundary of Nahwegezhic Township, 350 metres south of the north township boundary.
The Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd. holds a leased parcel of land in the northwest corner of Nahwegezhic Twp. extending southward to Annibal Lake. In 1941 a major exploration programme that commenced on the Cowie Lake section of the iron range continued until 1944, and during this time the southern extension as far south as Annibal Lake was located. By 1944, 228 diamond drill holes had been put down on the iron range for a total of 39 324 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Nahwegezhic-0010-A1 | 41O04SW0021 | 41O04SW0021 |
| Nahwegezhic-0011 | 41O04SE0003 | 41O04SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Early Precambrian
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Magnetite Ironstone | 1 | magnetite-quartz | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - The iron range trends NNW, has a total length of nearly 20 000 feet, and has widths from a few feet to approximately 600 feet. The iron formation consists of magnetite-quartz (chert, jasper), amphibole and interlayered bands of volcanics and sediments. It is intruded by fesic and mafic dikes. Major part of the Goulais River (South) Iron Range within the Archean metavolcanics and metasediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Jasper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chert | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - The iron range trends NNW, has a total length of nearly 20,000 feet, and has widths from a few feet to 600 feet. The iron formation consists of magnetite-quartz (chert, jasper), amphibole and interlayered bands of volcanics and sediments. It is intruded by felsic and mafic dikes. This iron formation is a major part of the Goulais River (South) Iron Range. The portions of the range of economic interest are in lenses with widths between 50 and 230 feet and have a total iron content of 25 to 40 %, averaging approx. 30 %. Reserves are sufficient to produce 1 million tons of pellets per year for about 30 years. Concentration tests indicate that grinding to 200 M produces a product of 60 % or more Fe with a ratio of 2.5 crude to 1 of ore. (ODM 1968 MRC 11 P 42).
Date: Aug 11, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: The portions of the range of economic interest are in the lenses with widths between 50 and 230 feet and have a total iron content of 25 to 40 percent averaging approximately 30 percent. Reserves are sufficient to produce 1 million tons of pellets per year for about 30 years. Concentration tests indicate that grinding to 200 M produces a product of 60 percent or more Fe with a ratio of 2.5 crude to 1 of ore.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Goulais River | 1944 | Unclassified | 27215542 | MDC011 p. 42 | Reserves are sufficient to produce 1 million tons of pellets per year for about 30 years. | Iron 30 % |
Map - Cowie Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2426 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1979
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Mississagi Reserve and Goulais River iron ranges, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM34D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Iron deposits in the District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV55-04.001 Page: 7 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S., Armstrong H.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Cowie Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P1562 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1978
Author: Grunsky E.C., Arengi J.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 41-42 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Welcome Lake-Ranger Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P3064 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Cowie Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R192 Page: 49-56 Date: 1980
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division
Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Cowie Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5246 Page: 55-64 Date: 1978
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 159 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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