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| Record Name(s) | Fergus Lake Occurrence - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Fergus
Latitude: 49° 13' 33.02" Longitude: -83° 8' 15.6"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 344359 Northing: 5454761 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G03NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop of iron formation on west side of access road, east of Fergus Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Kapuskasing via the Fergus Road.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Wackes And Argillites | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
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: 3 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Hearst sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0397 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Rykert, Fergus and parts of Abbott and Opasatika townships, Hearst-Kapuskasing area, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: P2962 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1986
Author: Berger B.R., MacMillan D.W., Roy P.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Operation Kapuskasing
Publication Number: MP010 Page: 56 Date: 1967
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hearst-Kapuskasing sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 113 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Hearst-Kapuskasing area
Publication Number: OFR5599 Date: 1986
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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