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| Record Name(s) | Woman River Iron South - 1933, Southeast Benton Iron Formation - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Benton
Latitude: 47° 41' 24.86" Longitude: -82° 23' 12.61"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 395931.43 Northing: 5282804.05 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09NW
Point Location Description: Outcrop of iron formation.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Take Dore Road north from the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. A road heads east into Benton Twp from a point below the Wakami River in Garnet Twp. This road is passable with a truck for several kilometers but turns into an ATV trail which will take you to the Woman River. The showing can be reached by canoe south along the Woman River.
1975: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. conducted a ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey over a block of 14 claims that covered the iron formation showing. 1981: Canadian Gold and Metals Inc. conducted an airborne electromagnetic survey over Benton, Esther, and parts of Osway and Mallard Townships. 1985: Weaco Resources Ltd. carried out an airborne geophysical survey (VLFEM, and magnetometer). 1986: Weaco Resources Ltd. completed ground geophysical survey (EM and magnetometer), trenching, mapping and sampling. 1994: Cameco Corp. completed compilation and interpretation, mapping, and sampling. 2012: Entourage Metals Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (gravity) mapping, sampling, prospecting and assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3054 / 2.8890 | 41O16SW0072 | 41O16SW0072 |
| T-3750 / 2.16377 | 41O09NW0042 | 41O09NW0042 |
| 63.4727 | 41O16SW0073 | 41O16SW0073 |
| T-3054 / 2.9130 | 41O09NW0054 | 41O09NW0054 |
| 2.53479 | 20000008655 | 20000008655 |
| T-6420 / 2.51538 | 20000007177 | 20000007177 |
| T-2581 / 2.4261 | 41O16SW0012 | 41O16SW0012 |
| T-2300 / 2.1867 | 41O09NW0069 | 41O09NW0069 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Marion
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2705 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384F
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide-Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Adjacent |
Jan 29, 2021 (K Houle) - Iron formation unit is described as being exposed on surface over a width of 12' (3.65 m) with an orientation of N60W. Algoma type, sulphide facies iron formation. Unit is described as a chert and pyrite iron formation within Archean metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 29, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Chert sample 19TG169A taken during OGS mapping project (T.Gemmell, 2019; per.comm) assayed at 24.79% Fe2O3.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3.6 | 300 | N/A | N/A |
Map - Geological series, Benton Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2341 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Benton and Mallard townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2504 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Horwood Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-07.002 Page: 10 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Opeepeesway Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384f Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210454
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 150 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 325 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 73-74 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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