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| Record Name(s) | Knapp Prospect - 1911, Iron Formation North of Julia River - 1905, East Pukaskwa River Occurrences - 1905, Lairds Claim - 1905 |
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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: Camp Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 0' 36.83" Longitude: -85° 45' 26.34"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 592679.5 Northing: 5318184.48 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C04SW
Point Location Description: Iron formations south of the East Pukaskwa River
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.
1911: C. Knapp, W. Conklin, W. Blanchard, Capt. VanSickle, W. King and G. Bellinger - trenching, stripping, pitting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 42C04SW0011A1 | 42C03SW0012 | 42C03SW0012 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P. 494
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a series of banded chert-magnetite iron formations.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from the area in 1905 returned an assay of 33.37% Fe, 0.06% S and 1.8% P. A grab sample from Laird's claim returned an assay of 36.24% Fe, traces of S, and 0.72% P.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Regular | 270 | 35 |
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
Location:
Folio - Camp Lake area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 42C/04SW
Publication Number: GDIF589 Date: 1997
Author: Wawa RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pipe Lake sheet
Publication Number: P3154 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:
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:
Part - Iron ranges of Michipicoten West
Publication Number: ARV14-01.012 Page: 334-335 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 415 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
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:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, northwestern section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma
Publication Number: P2968 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 133 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area
Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 141 Date: 1991
Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.
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: 108 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 187 Date: 1998
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