CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
184 Canada (Nova Scotia) 44.55.00 N -- 065.00.00 W Nictaux-Torbrook 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): Nictaux-Torbrook
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia
NTS map data: 021A14 (Bridgetown)
021A15 (Gaspereau Lake)
Deposit clan (type): ironstone
Deposit (sub) types: Clinton-type
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Early Devonian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation (oolitic)
Individual lithologies:iron formation (oolitic)
Host rock stratigraphy:Torbrook Formation

(2) sedimentary; siltstone
Individual lithologies:siltstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Torbrook Formation
Mineralogy: (ore): magnetite, hematite, chamosite
References:
Gross, G. A., 1967
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p.

Production data: Report period: from 1825 until 1916; 350,000 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 49.2 percent
Reference: Gross, G. A., 1967: Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada; Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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