CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
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 name(s): James Mine; James Pit; Bean Lake
Longitude / Latitude: -66.82909 / 54.77402
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Newfoundland and Labrador; Nearest community: Schefferville
NTS map data: 023J15 (Lac Knob)
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Lake Superior type
Deposit status: past producer; Status comments: In 2014 reached its optimal pit design under current economic conditions.
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Churchill
Geologic district: Labrador trough
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Paleoproterozoic (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous) The James Mine in 2013 reached its planned optimal pit design in 2013. Additional drilling in late 2013 and early 2014 identified a small amount of additional mineralized material outside of the original mine plan ("James Pit") and also in the closest southwest extension of James Mine, Bean Lake (Dupréré, 2014).
References:
Dupéré, M., 2014
Schefferville area Phase 1 DSO Iron Projects resource update, western Labrador - NE Quebec, Canada
NI 43-101 Technical Report, SSG Canada Inc., Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd., Publication code 2014-06-24, 245 p.

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2014-03-31; Component: James Pit; 232,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 52.77 percent
Mn: 0.99 percent
Reference: Dupéré, M., 2014: Schefferville area Phase 1 DSO Iron Projects resource update, western Labrador - NE Quebec, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Report, SSG Canada Inc., Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd., Publication code 2014-06-24, 245 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2014-03-31; Component: Bean Lake; 208,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 53.21 percent
Mn: 0.04 percent
Reference: Dupéré, M., 2014: Schefferville area Phase 1 DSO Iron Projects resource update, western Labrador - NE Quebec, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Report, SSG Canada Inc., Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd., Publication code 2014-06-24, 245 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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