CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
271 Canada (Nunavut) 64.55.00 N -- 077.56.00 W Maltby Lake Iron Deposit 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): Maltby Lake Iron Deposit (occurrence)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: South Baffin Island
NTS map data: 036C13
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type; Metamorphosed magnetite iron formation interbedded with amphibolite .; Reference: Griffis, A.T., 1956: Small Geophysical Report, Foxe Basin, Baffin Island (017003); Mineral Assessment Report, Turner D, Oceanic Iron Ore Company of Canada Ltd (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017003, 1 maps.
Deposit status: advanced project; Status comments: Resource: Maximum 200 million tons of 22-24 % Fe (AR 17003)
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Meta Incognita
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Precambrian (host rocks)
Regional tectonic structure: fold(s)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite; Component: mineralization zone
Internal host rock structures:massive
Individual lithologies:iron formation - oxide (magnetite)

(2) volcanic; mafic volcanic rocks; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite; Component: mineralization zone
External host rock forms:flow/volcanic flow
Host rock protoliths:basalt
Internal host rock structures:banding
Individual lithologies:amphibolite

(3) metamorphic; paragneiss; Component: wall rock
Host rock protoliths:sediment
Metallogenic signatures: Fe
Mineralogy: (mineralization / mineralization zone): quartz
(mineralization - massive / mineralization zone): magnetite
(mineralization - vein / mineralization zone): magnetite
Deposit shape: tabular; Component: mineralization zone
tabular; Component: wall rock
Qualified comments: (Applies to: geophysical surveys) Dip needle survey was done in 1959 to examine the distribution of the iron formations on the property (AR 17015).

(Applies to: reserve/resource descriptions) Probably a limit of 200 million tons of 20 to 24 % Fe in magnetite. The ore has moderately higher phosphorus content (averages of massive samples 0.246 P2O5, of magnetite veins 0.424 % P2O5). Tonnage considered too small for a mining operation (AR 17003).

(Applies to: property geology) The Maltby Iron Deposit consists of highly metamorphosed bands of I.F. The I.F. is mainly magnetite and quartz with lesser amount of silicate. The I.F. is interbedded with amphibolite, that is made up of iron silicates and garnet. The outcrops around the deposit show a shallow synclinal structure.
Links to other databases: NORMIN; Key value: 036CNW0001
Geophysical-chemical signature: Signature type: Dip needle; Response type: positive (strong)
Samples data: (1) Sample type: rock - grab (select); Sample description: average of samples of massive magnetite; Collector: Griffis
Commodities and grades in order of importance:Fe: 34.8 percent
Reference number: Griffis, A.T., 1956: Small Geophysical Report, Foxe Basin, Baffin Island (017003); Mineral Assessment Report, Turner D, Oceanic Iron Ore Company of Canada Ltd (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017003, 1 maps.
(2) Sample type: rock - grab (select); Sample description: Average of 2 samples from magnetite veins; Collector: Griffis
Commodities and grades in order of importance:Fe: 66.4 percent
Reference number: Griffis, A.T., 1956: Small Geophysical Report, Foxe Basin, Baffin Island (017003); Mineral Assessment Report, Turner D, Oceanic Iron Ore Company of Canada Ltd (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017003, 1 maps.
References:
Griffis, A.T., 1956
Small Geophysical Report, Foxe Basin, Baffin Island (017003)
Mineral Assessment Report, Turner D, Oceanic Iron Ore Company of Canada Ltd (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017003, 1 maps.

Seigel, H. O., 1958
Dip Needle Survey Maps on the Maltby Iron Deposit, Maltby Lake, Baffin Island (017015)
Mineral Assessment Report, Seigel HO (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017015, 2 maps.

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1956; Component: mineralization zone; 200 million short tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 22 percent
Reference: Griffis, A.T., 1956: Small Geophysical Report, Foxe Basin, Baffin Island (017003); Mineral Assessment Report, Turner D, Oceanic Iron Ore Company of Canada Ltd (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017003, 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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