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Record: MDI52B03NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jasper-Cypress Lakes - 1957, R.A. Vance - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-May-31
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Cypress Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 11' 51.71"    Longitude: -91° 5' 3.67"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 642349   Northing: 5340048    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B03NE

Point Location Description: Approximate location of DDH in AFRI 52B11SE0001

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1957: R.A. Vance and R.P. Vance drilled 1 DDH totalling 121.9 m. This showing is within Quetico Provincial Park and is not open for staking.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 52B11SE0001 52B11SE0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2HematiteEconomicOre
1ChertEconomicGangue
2JasperEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 25, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Iron formation in Archean volcanics. At S end of Jasper Lake, a 15.25 m wide band is present, samples of which assayed 29.4 and 28.5% Fe. On the peninsula at the SE part of Cypress Lake, drilling intersected 30 and 22.9 m of iron formation 68.9 m apart. A grab sample assayed 26.64% Fe, and 58.35% SiO2 (Shklanka, 1968).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Atikokan-Lakehead sheet, geological compilation series, Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2065 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1997

Author: Pye E.G., Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 308  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV25-01.003 Page: 182-184  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP


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