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| Record Name(s) | Josephine Iron Range West Extension - 1945 |
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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: Corbiere
Latitude: 48° 6' 39.16" Longitude: -84° 38' 14.9"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 675850.58 Northing: 5331323.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Occurrence 9 map P.2607
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located south west of Parks Lake, just east of the old Josephine Mine railway spur line. It can be accessed by walking north from the end of the Loonskin Lake road (Bauldry Lake turnaround) for a distance of about 2 km.
1945: Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd. - 6 ddh (6808 ft). 1966-67: Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd. - 10 ddh (1433.5 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Corbiere-0019 | 42C02SE0779 | 42C02SE0779 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Josephine West extension forms a prominent ridge between Goetz Lake and Parks Lake. The east end of the range merges with the Josephine Iron Range. It is abruptly terminated at the west end by the Goetz Lake Fault. On the north side there is a thin intermediate to mafic metavolcanic unit in contact with clastic metasediments. Below the iron range intermediate to felsic tuffs and crystal tuffs are common. The stratigraphy faces north.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonate Ironstone | 1 | Carbonate | Banded | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siltstone | 2 | Wacke | Hanging Wall | |
| Intermediate Tuff | 3 | Intermediate To Felsic | Tuff | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation is massive to thinly laminated chert with heavy iron staining. In places it is brecciated and cemented with secondary iron oxide. The hanging wall metasediments (wackes) are in direct contact with the iron formation because of extensive faulting along the Magpie River Fault. The footwall felsic to intermediate tuffs and crystal tuffs are very schistose and pervasively soaked with ankerite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siderite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Breccia |
| 2 | Massive |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 488 | 152 | 50 | 90 | 2750 MA | OFR 5888 |
File - Resident Geologist files WP Esquega.33
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Josephine-Bartlett iron range, Township 28, Range 25 [Corbiere Township], District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1946-08 Scale: 1:9,600 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S., Armstrong H.S., Morrison W.F., Collins W.H., Quirke T.T., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Corbiere Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2607 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1984
Author: Sage R.P., Calvert T., Epstein R., England D., Koscinsko K., Worona R., Oudkerk G., Inasi J., Lockwood M.B., Thomas D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 152 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 276-277 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Iron deposits in the District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV55-04.001 Page: 37-58 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S., Armstrong H.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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