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Record: MDI42C04NE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stoney Creek Iron Formation - 1905
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Pukaskwa River Area

Latitude: 48° 10' 14.34"    Longitude: -85° 31' 41.12"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 609433.94   Northing: 5336315.12    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1970: Miro Mines Ltd - Phelps Dodge Corporation of Canada - ground geophysics. 1983: Rise Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Pukaskwa R. -3 42C04NE0012 42C04NE0012
2.11298 42C03NW0545 42C03NW0545

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Host
Claystone 2 Argillite Near

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Paleo-Surface

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular 2400

References

File - Resident Geologist files Resident Geologist files 42C/04NE-0014-B1

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Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Map of the Michipicoten iron ranges, west of the Magpie River

Publication Number: ARM14A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Bell J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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Map - Mishibishu Lake area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49J Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Evans E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Pukaskwa River area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 42C/04NE

Publication Number: GDIF596 Date: 1997

Author: Wawa RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Macassa Creek sheet

Publication Number: P3151 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1992

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.

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: 23-24, 51  Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 306  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: 111  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area

Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 160  Date: 1991

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 415  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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