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Record: MDI52H09SE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lake Nipigon South Iron Range - 1901, G.W. Rayner - 1970
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Mar-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Eva

Latitude: 49° 36' 57.24"    Longitude: -88° 2' 14.82"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 425059   Northing: 5496443    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 52H09SE

Point Location Description: ARM45A and map in Assessment report 52H09SE0008

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1910: Nipigon Hematite Ore Company was organized to develop a large number of surveyed claims on the North, Central, and Southern iron ranges. Drilling was carried out. 1984: J. McMahon, M. Rentz, and W. Cox carried out prospecting and mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.6254 52H09SE0008 52H09SE0008
63.3864 52H09SE0012 52H09SE0012

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton

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
1JasperEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 30, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Average sample over 82 feet assayed 30.06% Fe; four selected samples assayed 34.0 to 38.1% Fe (Shklanka, 1968).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Sturgeon River gold area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM45A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1998

Author: Bruce E.L., Laird H.C.

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:


Part - The western part of the Sturgeon River area (Sturgeon R.-Beardmore section)

Publication Number: ARV45-02.002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Maryjane Lake area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: GDIF187 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Thunder Bay RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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