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Record: MDI42M14NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Norton Lake Fe - 1980
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

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

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



Exploration History

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.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope

Geological Age: Mesoarchean  



Geology Comments

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.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 3 Near

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

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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