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Record: MDI42E09NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pagwachuan Lake Iron - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Oct-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Pagwachuan Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 39' 39.27"    Longitude: -86° 8' 28.13"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 561983   Northing: 5501284    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E09NW

Point Location Description: approximate location of iron formation

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1958: Can-Fer Mines Ltd. – airborne geophysics. 1962-66: Hanna Mining Company and Algoma Ore Properties– DD-20-5037 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2901 42E16SE0036 42E16SE0036
14 42E09NE0015 42E09NE0015
13 42E09NE0014 42E09NE0014

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Terrane: Eastern Wabigoon

Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Is
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 18, 2014 (A Wilson) - The iron formation consists of lean oxide -facies iron formation comprising chert and magnetite ironstone seams intercalated with sandstone and schist.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP


MonoMap - Geology of the Klob Lake area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R235 Page: 42-44, 54  Date: 1984

Author: Amukun S.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Thunder Bay data series, Seagram Lake area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P2085 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Mason J.K., Matthews M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Caramat sheet, districts of Cochrane, Thunder Bay and Algoma, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0551 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Klob Lake, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2469 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1984

Author: Amukun S.E., Gillespie R.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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