Canadian Iron Formation deposit groups

CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada

Deposit group number	Country	Location	Names	Commodities
1	Canada (Quebec)	54.48.00 N -- 066.53.00 W	Knob Lake; Schefferville; Central Labrador	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):

Knob Lake (occurrence group); Schefferville (occurrence group); Central Labrador (district)

Political location(s):

Canada; Province or state: Quebec

NTS map data:

023J15 (Lac Knob)

Deposit clan (type):

enriched iron formation

Deposit (sub) types:

Lake Superior type

Geologic province:

Canadian Shield

Geologic subprovince:

Churchill

Geologic district:

Labrador trough

Commodities:

Geological ages:

Proterozoic (host rocks)

References:

Gross, G. A., 1968

Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume III : Iron Ranges of the Labrador Geosyncline

Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 179 p.

Gross, G. A., 1996

Enriched Iron-Formation

4, Section Residually Enriched Deposits, in Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Edited by Eckstrand, O. R.; Sinclair, W. D.; Thorpe, R. I., Geology of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Steet, Ottawa, Ontario, Number 8, 640 p., 1 maps, p. 82 - 92

Gross, G. A., 1996

Stratiform Iron

3, in Geology of Canadian Mineral Deposit Types, Edited by Eckstrand, O. R.; Sinclair, W. D.; Thorpe, R. I., Geology of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Steet, Ottawa, Ontario, Number 8, 640 p., 1 maps, p. 41 - 54

Associated deposit(s):

Knob Lake (6), Wishart 1 (18), Ferriman 1 (134), Star Creek (135), Denault (136), Burnt Creek (137), Ruth Lake 3 (138), Goodwood (163), Woollett (165), James Mine (1005254), Redmond (1005264), Houston (1005265), Howse (1005266), Astray (1005267), Kivivik (1005268), Denault (1005269)

CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES Geological Survey of Canada

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CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada

Generated 2014-09-03 13:02:07 with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19..3.22 -- 2008-12-16)
GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada