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| Record Name(s) | Betty Lake Iron Range - 1953, Betty Lake Prospect - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Knicely
Latitude: 48° 14' 40.82" Longitude: -85° 0' 14.43"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 648183.19 Northing: 5345420.84 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NE
Point Location Description: High ridge on the east side of Kabenung Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The easiest access to the property is by boat and short traverse from Kabenung Lake.
1953-55: Algoma Ore Properties - airborne geophysical survey, mapping 34 ddh (3783 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Killins 0013 | 42C07SW0003 | 42C07SW0003 |
| Killins-0012 | 42C03NE0001 | 42C03NE0001 |
| Knicely-0011 | 42C02NW0008 | 42C02NW0008 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Betty Lake Iron Range is that portion of folded iron formation west of the Syenite Lake Fault which outlines the Betty-Syenite Lake anticline.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonate Ironstone | 1 | Carbonate-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Intermediate To Felsic | Hanging Wall | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Intermediate To Mafic | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - West of a NW trending diabase dike, the iron formatin consists of sugary, dark-grey to rusty chert and rusty weathering siderite members. The chert member is 18-50 m thick with an average thickness of 40 m with continuous bands of siliceous magnetite and siderite. The siderite member lies south of the chert member and probably stratigraphically below it. East of the diabase kike, the predominant form of iron formation is grey to brown siderite with local bands and patches of chert and scattered grains of pyrrhotite, pyrite and magnetite. The iron formation encloses a dominantly intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rock sequence which occupies the core to the Betty-Syenit Lake antilcine.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siderite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - There are estimated reserves of 13,420 tons per vertical foot averaging 39.51% Fe and 14.53% Si.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Concordant |
| 2 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 820 | 40 | 80 |
Date: Dec 07, 2000
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The iron formation has been subdivided into three sections. The main limb zone is located west of the diabase dike. It strikes N70E and dips steeply south. The North Limb and South Limb zones are located east of the diabase dike and do not have a cherty member. The North Limb strikes N70E and is steeply dipping. The South Limb strikes N45E. At the nose of the fold where the two zones meet, they form a pod 340 feet long and 400 feet wide.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Lake Iron | 1954 | Possible | 1570140 | R153 p. 41 | Iron 39.5 NA |
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 - Precambrian Geology, Knicely Township
Publication Number: OFM0220 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Knicely Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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:
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: 82 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 231 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R153 Page: 41-42 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Killins, Knicely and Lalibert Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5589 Page: 72 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 92 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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