Database name: |
Canadian Iron Formation |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
G. A. Gross and E. M. Hillary |
Release date: |
2014-10-01 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Austin Brook |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: New Brunswick |
NTS map data: |
021P05 (Nepisiguit Falls) |
Deposit clan (type): |
iron formation |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Algoma type |
Geologic province: |
Appalachian Orogen |
Commodities: |
Fe |
Geological ages: |
Ordovician (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
orogenic belt volcanism |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; iron formationIndividual lithologies: | iron formation | Host rock stratigraphy: | Austin Brook Formation |
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Mineralogy: |
(ore): magnetite, hematite |
References: |
Gross, G. A., 1965 |
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume I : General Geology and Evaluation of Iron Deposits |
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 181 p. |
Gross, G. A., 1967 |
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada |
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p. |
van Staal, C. R.; Williams, P. F., 1984 |
Structure, Origin and Concentration of the Brunswick 12 and 6 Orebodies |
Economic Geology, Volume 79, p. 1669 - 1692 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1907 until 1943; 315,422 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes Reference: Gross, G. A., 1967: Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada; Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |
Associated group(s): |
Bathurst (10) |