CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
33 Canada (Nunavut) 71.20.55 N -- 079.17.22 W Mary River Iron Deposits 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): Mary River Iron Deposits (occurrence group)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: North Baffin Island
NTS map data: 037G05
Deposit clan (type): enriched iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type; Reference: 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
Deposit group status: pre-producer
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Rae craton
Commodities: Fe
Mineralization styles: stratiform (mineralization zone); massive (mineralization zone)
Geological ages: Archean (host rocks)
Archean (mineralization)
Metallogenic signatures: Fe
Mineralogy: magnetite, hematite
References:
Anonymous Editor(s)), 1980
Non-hydrocarbon Mineral Resource Potential of Part of Northern Canada
Open File, Geological Survey of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 716, 376 p., 2 maps.

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

Knight Piésold Consulting, 2008
Development Proposal for the Mary River Project
Development Proposal, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., 123 p.

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

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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Estimate date: 2010-12-30; Component: Combined 1, 2 & 3 zones; 444 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: measured and indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 66.2 percent
Reference: Wahl, G. H.; Gharapetian, R.; Jackson, J. E.; Khera, V.; Wortman, G. G., 2011: Mary River, Baffin Island, Canada: Mary River Iron Ore Trucking; NI 43-101 Technical Report, AMEC Americas Ltd, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., Publication code 2011-01-13, 240 p.
Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2010-12-30; Component: Combined 1, 2 & 3 zones; 549 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 66.3 percent
Reference: Wahl, G. H.; Gharapetian, R.; Jackson, J. E.; Khera, V.; Wortman, G. G., 2011: Mary River, Baffin Island, Canada: Mary River Iron Ore Trucking; NI 43-101 Technical Report, AMEC Americas Ltd, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., Publication code 2011-01-13, 240 p.
Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%
Associated deposit(s): Mary River - No. 1 (20102), Mary River - No. 2 (20103), Mary River - No. 3 (20104), Mary River - No. 3a (20105), Mary River - No. 4 (20106)

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