Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Jean Iron Property - 2015, Mink Mountain Iron - 1979, Mink Mountain - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Jean
Latitude: 48° 15' 6.2" Longitude: -90° 9' 7.33"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 711400 Northing: 5348200 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B01NE, 52B08SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Highway 588, located immediately to the south of the Property is a paved all season road. The Property can be accessed via the Trans-Canada Highway 11/17, about 20 km west from the Highway 61 junction to Highway 588 (Stanley access), and then a further 45 km southwest along Highway 588.
1943: Gunflint Iron Mines Ltd. staked and exploredcompleing a 10-hole diamond drill program. 1952: ODM collected four Lower Taconite Member drillcore samples totaling 25.92m from one hole and conducted partial chemical analysis on the minus 100- and minus 200-mesh magnetic DTT test. The corresponding values for minus 200-mesh were 11.51% to 15.13% for magnetic concentrates recovery and the grade of 50.08% to 62.26% Fe for magnetic concentrates. 2009: Great Lakes Resources Ltd. (GLR) staked the Jean Iron Property. 2011: GLR started geologic mapping and surface sampling. 2012: GLR completed eight vertical NQ-size diamond drillholes totaling 492.88 m. 2015: AsiaBaseMetals Inc. acquired the property from Great Lakes Resources Ltd. and undertook a work program of overburden stripping completing five trenches and channel sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.52729 | 20000007468 | 20000007468 |
| 2.49844 | 20000006929 | 20000006929 |
| 2.56456 | 20000013976 | 20000013976 |
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Oct 18, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - Gunflint Iron formation of Animikie Group is part of extensive Lake Superior-type iron formation (LSTIF) ranges developed along the margins of cratons or epicontinental platforms between 2.4 Ga and 1.9 Ga. It is banded iron formation (BIF) mainly comprised of taconite rocks, and is characterized by unusually high iron content, as well as by a variety of textures, of which the granular texture of the taconite rock being most distinctive. The Gunflint formation, approximately 145 m thick, is divided into lower and upper cycles. Each cycle contains a sequence of members, most of which are common to both. The uppermost member, a limestone bed, is unique to the formation and marks the top of the iron-bearing rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clayey Siltstone | 1 | Magnetite |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 18, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - The results of eight grab rock samples indicate that total iron is in the range of 12.29% to 41.03%.
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 381 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Gunflint iron formation of the Whitefish Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV69-07.002 Page: 41-63 Date: 1998
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Whitefish Lake area, Gunflint iron range, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: M1960I Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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