CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
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 name(s): Mary River - No. 3 (occurrence)
Longitude / Latitude: -79.12866 / 71.31684
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: North Baffin Island
NTS map data: 037G05
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type; Reference: Watts Griffis and McOuat Ltd., 1983: A Summary Report on the Mary River Deposit of Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd. (062161); Mineral Assessment Report, Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd., Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 062161
Deposit status: advanced project; Size category: significant; Status comments: This deposit contains a potential open pittable reserve of 5 million tons to an assumed depth of 350 ft on the basis of 9 trench samples. The average Fe contaent is 68.13 % Fe.
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Rae craton
Geologic district: Committee belt
Deposit object located: centre of mineralized zone
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Archean (host metamorphism)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite - lower; Component: mineralization zone
External host rock forms:tabular sedimentary body
Internal host rock structures:massive
fine grained
foliated
Individual lithologies:iron formation - oxide
Host rock stratigraphy:Mary River group
Metallogenic signatures: Fe
Mineralogy: (mineralization / mineralization zone): specularite, hematite
Deposit shape: tabular; Component: mineralization zone
Deposit dimensions:long axis: 350 ft
short axis: 300 ft
Qualified comments: (Applies to: location and access) Located 1,700 ft above sea level and 2,200 feet south of Deposit 2 on the northern slope of the Mary River valley.

(Applies to: mineralization) The deposit outcrops in an triangular area of 300 x 350 feet on about 30 degrees slope and consists of big blocks of high grade talus of finely granular and slightly friable specular hematite, which grades locally into foliated and micaceous coarse specularite. The magnetite content of this deposit is negligible. The orebody strikes E-W and dips steeply to the north. This deposit lies on the western extremity of a major structure of iron formation extending to and beyond deposit 3a.

(Applies to: reserve/resource descriptions) On the basis of 10 trench samples an open pittable tonnage to a depth of 350 feet was estimated to be 3 million tons of 68.70 % Fe (1966). The coincident magnetic anomaly extends for more than 1000 feet to the east, which increases the possibility of finding additional ore reserves.
Links to other databases: NUMIN; Key value: 037GSW0008
Geophysical-chemical signature: Signature type: Airborne Magnetometer; Response type: positive (very strong)
Signature type: Ground Magnetometer; Response type: positive (strong)
References:
Gross, G. A., 1966
The origin of high grade iron deposits on Baffin Island, N.W.T.
Canadian Mining Journal, Volume 87, p. 111 - 114

Hahn, J., 1966
Feasibility Study and Cost Estimate, Baffinland Iron Mines Limited, Mary River Area, Franklin (062243)
Mineral Assessment Report, Baffinland Iron Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 062243

Neczkar, E.; Westervelt, R. D., 1963
Engineering Field Report No 1 on Mary River Iron Deposits (017056)
Mineral Assessment Report, Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017056

Sangster, D. F., 1998
Mineral deposits compilation and metallogenic domains, northern Baffin Island and northern Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3635, Scale 1:1000000

Watts Griffis and McOuat Ltd., 1983
A Summary Report on the Mary River Deposit of Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd. (062161)
Mineral Assessment Report, Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd., Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 062161

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 2011-01-13; Component: Deposits 2 & 3; 26 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 65 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:Fe: 60.5 percent
Reference: Saul, B.; Notopol, C.; Foster, D.; Watters, G.; Zhang, G.; Ghaffari, H.; Kondratas, H.; Stoyko, H. W.; Stratton, J.; Tamburini, J. R.; Jansons, K.; Bodi, L.; Palmer, P.; Guedez, P.; Broad, P.; Bridson, P.; Tinnevely, R.; Dejan, V.; Habibova, Z., 2012: Feasibility study on the Roche Bay Iron Ore Project; NI 43-101 Technical Report, Terra Tech Wardrop, Advanced Explorations Inc., Publication code 2012-08-10, 509 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 50.0%


Estimate date: 2011-01-13; 336 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 65.9 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:Fe: 60.5 percent
Reference: Saul, B.; Notopol, C.; Foster, D.; Watters, G.; Zhang, G.; Ghaffari, H.; Kondratas, H.; Stoyko, H. W.; Stratton, J.; Tamburini, J. R.; Jansons, K.; Bodi, L.; Palmer, P.; Guedez, P.; Broad, P.; Bridson, P.; Tinnevely, R.; Dejan, V.; Habibova, Z., 2012: Feasibility study on the Roche Bay Iron Ore Project; NI 43-101 Technical Report, Terra Tech Wardrop, Advanced Explorations Inc., Publication code 2012-08-10, 509 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 50.0%

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