Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42M14NW00006
Record Name(s) | Norton Lake Fe - 1980 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1980-Jun-02 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | Q Unknown |
Revised By | D Wyant |
Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Norton Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 54' 47.66" Longitude: -87° 25' 26.87"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 470826.949 Northing: 5751473.476 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42M14NW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
This iron formation occurrence was identified on Geological Survey of Canada Map 6-1962. There is no record of subsequent iron exploration in the area.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Jul 19, 2006 (Q Unknown) - This occurrence is based on a report in the marginal notes of GSC Map 6-1962 of the observation of an outcrop of lean magnetite iron formation at a location one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Norton Lake. The host rocks were reported to be mafic to intermediate metavolcanics.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Sedimentary |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Stratiform |
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Map - Geology, Fort Hope, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 6-1962 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1962
Author: Jackson, G D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
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