CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
20079 Canada (Nunavut) 71.18.18 N -- 079.12.32 W VLT Claims DH MR91-5 Fe; Cu
 
Database name: Canadian Iron Formation
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: G. A. Gross and E. M. Hillary
Release date: 2014-10-01
   
Deposit name(s): VLT Claims DH MR91-5 (occurrence)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: North Baffin Island
NTS map data: 037G05
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma-type, sulphide facies; Laminae of pyrite, pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite in magnetite-chert ironstones and sulphide iron formation.; Reference: von Guttenberg, R., 1992: Report on Diamond Drilling; VLT 1 and 2 Claims (083058); Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083058
Deposit status: drilled showing; Size category: insignificant
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Rae craton
Deposit object located: drill hole
Commodities: Fe; Cu
Geological ages: Neoarchean (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation; Component: mineralization zone
Individual lithologies:iron formation - sulphide
Host rock stratigraphy:Mary River group
Metallogenic signatures: Fe-Cu-Zn
Mineralogy: (mineralization): pyrite, magnetite, chert, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite
Radiometric ages: Object dated: country rocks; Age - Ma: 2,747; +15; -15; Dating method: U-Pb; Concentrate: zircon; Source rock: felsic volcanics; Event dated: country rock; Reference: von Guttenberg, R., 1992: Report on Diamond Drilling; VLT 1 and 2 Claims (083058); Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083058
Links to other databases: NUMIN; Key value: 037GSW0006
References:
von Guttenberg, R., 1992
Report on Diamond Drilling; VLT 1 and 2 Claims (083058)
Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083058


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