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Record Name(s) | Papaonga Lake - 1957 |
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Related Record Type | Partial |
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Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1979-May-05 |
Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Curie Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 53' 50.75" Longitude: -92° 12' 17.2"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 555923 Northing: 5638720 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K16NE
Point Location Description: IF symbol on OGS map P1200
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Located approx. 115 km E of Red Lake with access by float-equipped aircraft to Papaonga Lake.
1930: unknown individuals carried out trenching. 1956: Continental Mining Exploration Ltd. flew an airborne magnetometer survey. 1957: Copper-Man Mines performed ground magnetometer survey then drilled 11 holes (1690 m). 1983: Getty Canadian Metals flew airborne EM and magnetometer and followed up with geological mapping. 2010: Northern Iron Corp. conducted geological mapping and ground magnetics survey mostly focussed to the west.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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63.854 | 52K16NE0018 | 52K16NE0018 |
10 | 52K16NE0022 | 52K16NE0022 |
2.6562 | 52K16NE0009 | 52K16NE0009 |
2.6592 | 52K16NE0011 | 52K16NE0011 |
2.47123 | 20000006554 | 20000006554 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
Aug 13, 2020 (Bill Paterson) - Property lies just north of the Lake St. Joseph Fault that forms the Uchi-English River subprovince boundary. Geology comprised mainly of interbedded (mafic to intermediate) volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks. The large gabbroic Papaonga Pluton lies immediately to the northwest.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 13, 2020 (Bill Paterson) - Targeted mineralization is the magnetite-rich banded iron formations. Copper-Man drilling (1957) returned assay grades of 5-35% Fe with individual core samples showing grades up to 33.44% Fe over 14 ft and 36.88% Fe over 25 ft. Est. reserves (1957?): 13,500,000 tons @ 31.06% Fe or 22.69% mag. Fe
Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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Papaonga Lake Deposit | 1954 | Unclassified | 12250000 | MDC011 p. 213 | 13,500,000 tons at 31.06% Fe |
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 213 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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