CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
132 Canada (Yukon Territory) 66.31 N -- 140.16 W Alto Fe
 
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): Alto
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Yukon Territory
NTS map data: 116K09
Deposit clan (type): ironstone
Deposit (sub) types: unclassified; oolitic iron formation
Geologic province: Canadian Cordillera
Geologic subprovince: Mackenzie platform
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Permian - Jurassic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: regional stratigraphy) Exact affiliation of oolitic deposit not specified.

(Applies to: reserve/resource descriptions) Estimated to have a geological resource of 27 million metric tons of 55% Fe.
References:
Anonymous, 2013
Iron
Yukon Government, download

Sinclair, W. D.; Jen, L.-S., 1999
Mines and Mineral Deposits of Canada
Internet

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2013; Component: geological resource; 27 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: historical resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 55 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 2013: Iron; Yukon Government, download
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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