CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
30005 Canada (Nunavut) 56.10.20 N -- 078.50.36 W Tukarak Island - 'G' Zone 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): Tukarak Island - 'G' Zone (occurrence)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: Belcher Islands; Nearest community: Tukarak Island
NTS map data: 034D02 (Fairweather Sound)
Deposit clan (type): unclassified
Deposit status: anomaly-geophysical
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Trans-Hudson orogen
Deposit object located: centre of geophysical anomaly
Commodities: Fe
Host rocks: (1) intrusive; gabbro-diorite suite
Individual lithologies:diabase
Qualified comments: (Applies to: geophysical surveys) Airborne survey was followed by ground surveys and prospecting. The anomaly lies in low wet ground. The airborne EM anomaly lies on the crest of an anticline. No anomaly was detected on ground EM.
Links to other databases: NORMIN; Key value: 034DSE0005
Geophysical-chemical signature: Signature type: Airborne EM; Response type: positive (strong)
Signature type: Ground EM; Response type: background
References:
Darling, G. B., 1959
Report on Geological and Geophysical Programs, Belcher Islands, Keewatin (017611)
Mineral Assessment Report, Belcher Mining Corp. Ltd, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017611, 4 maps.

Knutson, R. A.; Wilson, B. T., 1957
Report on Electromagnetic and Magnetic Surveys on Tukarak Island, Belcher Islands (017005)
Mineral Assessment Report, Lundberg Exploration Ltd (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017005, 2 maps.


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