CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
9 Canada (Nunavut) 56.30.00 N -- 078.00.00 W Belcher Islands; Nastapoka Fe
 
Database name: Canadian Iron Formation
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: G. A. Gross and E. M. Hillary
Release date: 2014-08-21
   
Deposit group name(s): Belcher Islands; Nastapoka
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut
NTS map data: 034D09
034D08
034C05
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Lake Superior type
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Churchill
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Paleoproterozoic (host rocks)
References:
Gross, G. A., 1965
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume I : General Geology and Evaluation of Iron Deposits
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 181 p.

Associated deposit(s): Nastapoka Islands (79), Haig Inlet (126), Belcher Islands (151), Richmond Gulf (153), Wiegand Island (30006), Innetalling Island (30007), Innetalling Island 3 (30021), Unnamed drilled showing (30026)

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