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): |
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 suiteIndividual lithologies: | diabase |
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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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