Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52B07SW00011
| Record Name(s) | Boundary Iron - 1979, Saganagons Lake - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Jun-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Saganagons Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 18' 44.36" Longitude: -90° 57' 47.8"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 651007.43 Northing: 5353019.21 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B07SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1916: The showing was mapped by A.L. Parsons. 1968: F.R. Harris commented on the existence of 4 pits that were badly caved in. 1973: Dome Exploration Canada Ltd. drilled 6 DDH totalling 549.25 m north of Saganagons Lake. 2005: R.J.K. Explorations Ltd. carried out a helicopter-borne EM survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 52B07SW0401 | 52B07SW0401 |
| 2.33914 | 20000001895 | 20000001895 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Jasper | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 25, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Discontinuous E- to NE-trending bands of magnetite quartz (chert, jasper) iron formation up to 25 feet wide and 500 feet long, within Archean metavolcanics. Two samples assayed 31.5 and 33.8% Fe (Harris, 1968).
Map - Saganagons Lake area, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2149 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1968
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Saganagons Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R066 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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