Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52A12SW00012
| Record Name(s) | Shabaqua Fe - 1979, Shebandowan - 1978, Matawan Iron Range - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Jul-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Horne, Laurie
Latitude: 48° 33' 42.2" Longitude: -89° 53' 36.28"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 286529.06 Northing: 5382778.66 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A12SW
Point Location Description: Pits
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Proceed South of Hwy 11/17 (Shabaqua) North of Shebandowan River. Continue Northeast 45 degrees of where Matawan River meets Shebandowan River by air from Thunder Bay.
1947- Andowan Mines (affiliation Snyder Mining Company) conducted preliminary examination and exploration, including dip needle surveys on ironstone units in the area and drilled a fence of holes across a magnetic ironstone unit. A 500 lb sample assayed 31.2%Fe, 48.9 %Si. 1979: W. Hayne of Thunder Bay did prospecting work. 1983: Corporate Oil and Gas Ltd. conducted geological mapping and soil sampling. 1989: MCS Capital Ltd. performed a magnetic and VLF-EM survey. 1991: J. Parres conducted prospecting and stripping and conducted a VLF survey. 1992: J. Parres conducted VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys. 1997: T. Kukkee staked the property and conducted bedrock stripping of a caldera-like structure. 1998: T. Kukkee conducted prospecting. J. Mealey & L. Mealey conducted line cutting, magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys. DST Consulting. (2000) reports 3 old trenches similar in relief to local topographic features (2X2X20; depth, width, height). 2002: Staked by P. Kukkee. 2006: Gold Cache optioned the property and conducted trenching. 2009: Gold Cache conducted trenching, geological mapping and prospecting. 2011: Gold Cache conducted trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.12327 | 52B09SE0018 | 52B09SE0018 |
| 2.6681 | 52B09SE0106 | 52B09SE0106 |
| OP91-229 | 42E13SE0091 | 42E13SE0091 |
| 2.18682 | 52A12SW2012 | 52A12SW2012 |
| 2.14588 | 52B09SE0092 | 52B09SE0092 |
| 2.17607 | 52A12SW0047 | 52A12SW0047 |
| 2.18624 | 52A12SW2011 | 52A12SW2011 |
| 2.44137 | 20000005876 | 20000005876 |
| 2.31542 | 20000001066 | 20000001066 |
| 2.51022 | 20000007104 | 20000007104 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Apr 16, 2012 (Shannon Zurevinski) - Shklanka (1968) describes an Iron Formation, Algoma-Type- "numerous discontinuous bands of magnetite-quartz iron formation in Archean Metavolcanics"
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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May 26, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Two WNW-trending zones of magnetite-quartz iron formation in Archean volcanics invated by mafic intrusions (Shklanka, 1968).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Jasper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
May 26, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - A 500 lb sample assayed 31.2% Fe, 48.9% SiO2. Concentration tests gave a 61.05% Fe concentrate at 80% -325M and 20% +325M with a weight recovery of 26.6% (Shklanka, 1968).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2473 | 100 |
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 383 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Summary report, 1924, part C
Publication Number: Sum Rep 1924-C Page: 67 Date: 1925
Author: Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/293174
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Thunder Bay Sheet
Publication Number: M2664 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Laurie Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P3083 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1987
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Horne Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2856 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Lakehead-Shebandowan sheet, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0177 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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