Database name: |
Canadian Iron Formation |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
G. A. Gross and E. M. Hillary |
Release date: |
2014-10-01 |
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Deposit name(s): |
VLT Claims DH MR91-5 (occurrence) |
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, sulphide facies; Laminae of pyrite, pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite in magnetite-chert ironstones and sulphide iron formation.; Reference: von Guttenberg, R., 1992: Report on Diamond Drilling; VLT 1 and 2 Claims (083058); Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083058 |
Deposit status: |
drilled showing; Size category: insignificant |
Geologic province: |
Canadian Shield |
Geologic subprovince: |
Rae craton |
Deposit object located: |
drill hole |
Commodities: |
Fe; Cu |
Geological ages: |
Neoarchean (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; iron formation; Component: mineralization zoneIndividual lithologies: | iron formation - sulphide | Host rock stratigraphy: | Mary River group |
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Metallogenic signatures: |
Fe-Cu-Zn |
Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): pyrite, magnetite, chert, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite |
Radiometric ages: |
Object dated: country rocks; Age - Ma: 2,747; +15; -15; Dating method: U-Pb; Concentrate: zircon; Source rock: felsic volcanics; Event dated: country rock; Reference: von Guttenberg, R., 1992: Report on Diamond Drilling; VLT 1 and 2 Claims (083058); Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083058 |
Links to other databases: |
NUMIN; Key value: 037GSW0006 |
References: |
von Guttenberg, R., 1992 |
Report on Diamond Drilling; VLT 1 and 2 Claims (083058) |
Mineral Assessment Report, Nanisivik Mines Limited, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 083058 |
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