CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
147 Canada (New Brunswick) 47.24.00 N -- 065.50.00 W Austin Brook 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): Austin Brook
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: New Brunswick
NTS map data: 021P05 (Nepisiguit Falls)
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type
Geologic province: Appalachian Orogen
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Ordovician (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: orogenic belt volcanism
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation
Individual lithologies:iron formation
Host rock stratigraphy:Austin Brook Formation
Mineralogy: (ore): magnetite, hematite
References:
Gross, G. A., 1965
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume I : General Geology and Evaluation of Iron Deposits
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 181 p.

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.

van Staal, C. R.; Williams, P. F., 1984
Structure, Origin and Concentration of the Brunswick 12 and 6 Orebodies
Economic Geology, Volume 79, p. 1669 - 1692

Production data: Report period: from 1907 until 1943; 315,422 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes
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%
Associated group(s): Bathurst (10)

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