CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
277 Canada (Nunavut) 64.29.00 N -- 074.49.16 W Shawkey 1; Chorkbak Inlet group 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): Shawkey 1 (occurrence); Chorkbak Inlet group (claim)
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: South Baffin Island
NTS map data: 036B07
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type
Deposit status: showing; Status comments: Grade and tonnage estimates from surface visual samples. Estimated 7 million short tons of 10-15 % (magnetic) iron.
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Meta Incognita
Commodities: Fe
Mineralization styles: stratabound (mineralization zone)
Geological ages: Precambrian (host rocks)
Coincident features: fold(s) (synform)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation (algoma-type); Metamorphic grade: amphibolite; Component: mineralization zone
Individual lithologies:iron formation - oxide

(2) metamorphic; paragneiss; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite; Component: host rocks
Individual lithologies:gneiss (garnet)
Metallogenic signatures: Fe
Mineralogy: (mineralization / mineralization zone): garnet, iron silicate
(mineralization - massive / mineralization zone): magnetite
Deposit shape: tabular; Component: mineralization zone
Deposit dimensions:length: 5,200 ft
width: 2,900 ft
Qualified comments: (Applies to: reserve/resource descriptions) If the complete synclinal structure is indicated the tonnage estimate could be increased from 7 million short tons to 60 million short tons.
Links to other databases: NORMIN; Key value: 036BSE0001
References:
Labow, L. F., 1957
Report on Geological and Mapping Program, Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island (017004)
Mineral Assessment Report, Labow LF (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017004, 2 maps.

NWT and Nunavut, 2005
NORMIN.DB: the Mineral Showings Database for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Internet

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1957; Component: magnetic fraction; 7 million short tons metal; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 12.5 percent
Reference: Labow, L. F., 1957: Report on Geological and Mapping Program, Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island (017004); Mineral Assessment Report, Labow LF (operator), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Publication code 017004, 2 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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