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): |
Sample 1D010R (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-rock |
Geologic province: |
Canadian Shield |
Geologic subprovince: |
Rae craton |
Commodities: |
Au; Cu |
Host rocks: |
(1) metamorphic; metasedimentary-metavolcanic schistHost rock protoliths: | mafic volcanic rocks Iron Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: geochemistry) Assays from a rock grab sample
(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: 037CNE0020 |
Samples data: |
(1) Sample type: rock - grab (select); Source ID: sample 1D010R; Collector: Dyk; GuttenbergCommodities and grades in order of importance: | Au: 3,100 ppb Cu: 332 ppm Zn: 15.8 ppm Ag: 1.1 ppm Pb: 3 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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