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): |
Nictaux-Torbrook |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Nova Scotia |
NTS map data: |
021A14 (Bridgetown) 021A15 (Gaspereau Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
ironstone |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Clinton-type |
Geologic province: |
Appalachian Orogen |
Commodities: |
Fe |
Geological ages: |
Early Devonian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; iron formation (oolitic)Individual lithologies: | iron formation (oolitic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Torbrook Formation |
(2) sedimentary; siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | siltstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Torbrook Formation |
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Mineralogy: |
(ore): magnetite, hematite, chamosite |
References: |
Gross, G. A., 1967 |
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada |
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p. |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1825 until 1916; 350,000 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Fe: 49.2 percent | Reference: Gross, G. A., 1967: Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume II : Iron Deposits in the Appalachian and Grenville Regions of Canada; Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 111 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |