Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Dambrossio Iron Formation - 1962 |
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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-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Dambrossio
Latitude: 48° 17' 30.87" Longitude: -84° 50' 18.26"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 660329.14 Northing: 5351003.8 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C07SW
Point Location Description: SE end of iron formation
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The closest access to the site is via Highway 519 (Dubreuilville highway) to a disused forestry road approximately 500 m east of the junction between highway 17 and 519. Drive east along the forestry road for approximately 4 km (Tea Lake area). The iron formation is located approximately 1 km north of the lake.
1962-63: Algoma Central Railway Exploration - mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ABOTOSSAWAY29A1 | 20000018787 | 20000018787 |
| Dambrossio-0010 | 42C07SW8822 | 42C07SW8822 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide Facies | Host |
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| Conglomerate | 2 | Near | ||
| Claystone | 3 | Argillite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation is described as a narrow band of chert and fine grained quartz. The iron formation is likely to be a faulted extension of the Brant Lake iron formation located along the Dambrossio-Lalibert township boundary. It is interbedded with argillite and conglomerate.
Map - Manitouwadge-Wawa sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2220 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G., Giblin P.E., Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Wolfe W.J., Giguere J.F., Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Dambrossio Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 158 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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