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Record: MDI42C04SW00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Big Dave Iron Property - 1908
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Sep-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Camp Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 0' 15.84"    Longitude: -85° 46' 2.08"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 591949.43   Northing: 5317524.49    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04SW

Point Location Description: Group of 10 patented mining claims just north of Loon Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1896-1911: McDougall - dip needle survey, prospecting, trenching, stripping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
42C04SW0011A1 42C03SW0012 42C03SW0012

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Mishibishu Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Chlorite Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2JasperEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - An analysis of the iron formation completed in 1906 by the Lake Superior Corporation returned an assay of 64.11% Fe.



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 610 30 270 35

References

File - Resident Geologist files WP Camp Lake-8

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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

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 - 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

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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

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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:


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, 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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Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923

Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 187  Date: 1998

Author:

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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 - 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

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