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Record: MDI42L10NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Skibi Lake Prospect - 1968, Claim KK7426 - 1955, Anaconda (2 Mile) Iron - 1991
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-05
Date Last Modified 2024-Feb-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Percy Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 38' 29.17"    Longitude: -86° 43' 36.21"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 519323   Northing: 5609988    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42L10NE

Point Location Description: cluster of drill holes on claim KK7426

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1955-56: Anaconda Company Canada Ltd– DD-6-3353 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 42L10NE0004 42L10NE0004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: English River

Terrane: English River Basins

Belt: Melchett Lake

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Is
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Mica And Garnet Adjacent
Pegmatite 3 Muscovite-Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Intrudes

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 18, 2014 (A Wilson) - Reserves are estimated in excess of 335 million tons of open pit ore averaging 26.2% Fe. The reserves are shared with the Two Mile Lake Zone.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Disseminated
1 Stratabound

References

Mono - Operation Fort Hope

Publication Number: MP042 Page: 22, 51-54  Date: 1970

Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Compilation series, Ogoki Lake sheet, Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: P0274 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Stott G.M., McConnell C.D., Mason J.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 445  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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