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| Record Name(s) | Mount Raymond Iron Range - 1905, Mount Raymond Deposit - 1977, Raymond Mountain Range - 1985 |
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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° 14' 40.5" Longitude: -85° 6' 8.2"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 640888.28 Northing: 5345225.9 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NE
Point Location Description: Mount Raymond
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 km to the north end of Paint Lake. Mount Raymond is a hill located approximately 250 m to the north of the road.
1953-54: Algoma Ore Properties - airborne geophysics, mapping. 1973-74: Umex Corporation Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Killins 0013 | 42C07SW0003 | 42C07SW0003 |
| Bird 0011 | 42C01NW0012 | 42C01NW0012 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Mount Raymond Iron Range is contiguous with the iron formation known as the Morse Mountain Range. The Mount Raymond is that portion of the iron formation extending east from Morse Mountain to Raymong Lake where it folds southward to Paint Lake.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Siltstone, Wacke | Near | |
| Intermediate Tuff | 3 | Tuff | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation consists of interbedded, fine-brained chert and siliceous magnetite. Small disseminations of pyrite have been obsrved locally. The iron formation is intensely folded and brecciated. Iron formation is in conttact with quarz-feldspar tuffs to the west. Some sideritic sections have been observed in the vicinity of Paint Lake.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Siderite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron content for the iron formation has been estimated at 20-25%.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Concordant |
| 2 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2800 | 145 |
Date: Dec 12, 2000
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The iron formation is a tectonically thickened fold.
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: 88 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Killins Township
Publication Number: OFM0219 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
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: 44 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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: 228 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Killins, Knicely and Lalibert Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5589 Page: 70-71 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: 103 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Part - Iron ranges of Michipicoten West
Publication Number: ARV14-01.012 Page: 325 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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