CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
2077 Canada (Nunavut) 69.42.29 N -- 076.25.35 W Sample 1GD004S Au
 
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): Sample 1GD004S (occurrence)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: Central Baffin Island
NTS map data: 037C09 (Eqe Bay)
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type
Deposit status: anomaly-geochemical
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Rae craton
Commodities: Au
Host rocks: (1) metamorphic; paragneiss
Host rock protoliths:Iron Formation
Mineralogy: (mineralization): arsenopyrite, pyrite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: geochemistry) Assays are from a soil sample.

(Applies to: mineralization) Iron formation with quartz boudins - rusty soil.

(Applies to: mineralization) Gold is associated with arsenopyrite and pyrite in quartz-amphibole+/- biotite, chlorite (?) schist and gneiss and has a close spatial relationship with oxide iron formation.
Links to other databases: NUMIN; Key value: 037CNE0019
Samples data: (1) Sample type: soil; Source ID: sample 1GD004S; Collector: Dyk; Guttenberg
Commodities and grades in order of importance:Au: 9,800 ppb
Ag: 3.7 ppm
Cu: 156 ppm
Zn: 30.2 ppm
Pb: 7 ppm
Reference number: Dyck, G.; von Guttenberg, R., 1991: Report on Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Prospecting Permits 1241, 1243; EQE Bay Area (083056); Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Ltd, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083056, 3 maps.
References:
Dyck, G.; von Guttenberg, R., 1991
Report on Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Prospecting Permits 1241, 1243; EQE Bay Area (083056)
Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Ltd, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083056, 3 maps.


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