Deposit number | Country | Location | Names | Commodities |
45 | Canada (Ontario) | 48.00 N -- 084.45.00 W | MacLeod; Helen; Sir James | Fe |
Database name: | Canadian Iron Formation | ||||||
Custodial agency: | Geological Survey of Canada | ||||||
Compilers: | G. A. Gross and E. M. Hillary | ||||||
Release date: | 2014-10-01 | ||||||
Deposit name(s): | MacLeod; Helen; Sir James | ||||||
Political location(s): | Canada; Province or state: Ontario | ||||||
NTS map data: | 042C02 (Hawk Junction) 041N15 (Michipicoten Harbour) | ||||||
Deposit clan (type): | enriched iron formation | ||||||
Deposit (sub) types: | Algoma type | ||||||
Geologic province: | Canadian Shield | ||||||
Geologic subprovince: | Superior craton | ||||||
Geologic district: | Wawa greenstone belt | ||||||
Commodities: | Fe | ||||||
Geological ages: | Archean (host rocks) | ||||||
Tectonic setting: | orogenic belt volcanism | ||||||
Host rocks: | (1) volcanic; felsic volcanic rocks
(2) volcanic; intermediate volcanic rocks
(3) sedimentary; carbonate-chert
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Mineralogy: | (associated): pyrite, pyrrhotite (ore): hematite, goethite, siderite | ||||||
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Associated group(s): | Michipicoten (2) |