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Record: MDI42L10NW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Anaconda Iron East - 1956, Saga Lake Area - 1956
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Durer Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 40' 41.65"    Longitude: -86° 47' 50.31"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 514321   Northing: 5614064    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42L10NW

Point Location Description: drill holes on south side of river

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1958: Frontenac Exploration and Mining Inc.- DD-5-2106 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
21 42L10NW0046 42L10NW0046
23 42L10NW0045 42L10NW0045

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: English River

Terrane: English River Basins

Belt: Melchett Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Is
Sandstone 2 Garnetiferous Greywacke Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 18, 2014 (A Wilson) - Bands of magnetite and quartz with thicknesses ranging from 1/8 inch to almost a foot alternate with bands of quartzite and greywacke. The iron formation is cut by muscovite-biotite-quartz feldspar pegmatites




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Operation Fort Hope

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

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 445  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Kowkash-Ogoki area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: ARV40-04.002 Page: 76-77  Date: 1998

Author: Kindle L.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Kowkash-Ogoki area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40F Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Kindle L.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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:


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