Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52P11SE00003
Record Name(s) | Snowdrift Lake - 1985, Snowflake Lake - 1985 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1985-Jul-29 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Snowflake Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 30' 17.08" Longitude: -89° 0' 41.1"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 360402.918 Northing: 5707874.88 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52P06NE, 52P07NW, 52P10SW, 52P11SE
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Nov 06, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - This occurrence is based on the presence of iron formation within mafic metavolcanic rocks adjacent to the Albany River on Geological Survey of Canada Map 2-1963 (Shlanka 1968).
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 |
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5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Sedimentary |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Stratiform |
Map - Cat Lake-Pickle Lake, geological compilation series, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2218 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W., Troup W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Cat Lake-Pickle Lake area, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R207 Scale: Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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