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| Record Name(s) | Jimmy Kash Iron Formation - 1954 |
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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: Killins
Latitude: 48° 12' 24.74" Longitude: -85° 6' 19.76"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 640753.19 Northing: 5341028.88 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NE
Point Location Description: Outcrops on a low ridge between Upper Jimmy Kash Lke and Isabella Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Eagle River Mine/Paint Lake road. Drive west along the road for approximately 11.5 km to a disused forestry road heading along the south shore of Paint Lake. Drive south along the forestry road for approximately 4 km. The iron range trends east-west across the road.
1953-54: Algoma Ore Properties - geological survey, airborne geophysical survey. 1973-74: Umex Corporation Ltd. - airborne geophysical survey, ground geophysical survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Killins-0010-C1 | 42C06SE0031 | 42C06SE0031 |
| Bird 0011 | 42C01NW0012 | 42C01NW0012 |
| Killins 0013 | 42C07SW0003 | 42C07SW0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron range consists of two parallel bands of iron formation. It is offset an estimated 1 km by left-lateral faulting through Jimmy Kash Lake. The east segment can be traced in outcropy and geophysically almost to Back Lake (6 km in total length).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff | Near | |
| Mafic massive flow | 3 | Massive | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation consists of thin bedded chert, magnetite and various iron oxides. The iron fomration outcrops betweeen intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks to the south and massive intermediate to mafic metavolcanic rocks to the north.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 6000 | 4 |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Killins Township
Publication Number: OFM0219 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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 - 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:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 86 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Geology of the Kabenung Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: MP141.035 Page: 245 Date: 1997
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 225-226 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
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: 98 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
MonoMap - Geology of Killins, Knicely and Lalibert Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5589 Page: 69-70 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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