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): Haig Inlet (project); Haig Inlet North (occurrence); Haig Inlet South (occurrence)
Longitude / Latitude: -79.06778 / 56.33861
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: Flaherty Island, Belcher Islands; Nearest community: Sanikiluaq (2.5 km E)
NTS map data: 034D06 (East Arm)
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Lake Superior type
Deposit status: advanced project; Status comments: Approximate location as this ore body occupies a large surface area. An open pit mine is proposed.
Geologic province: Churchill
Geologic subprovince: Trans-Hudson Orogen
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Paleoproterozoic (host rocks)
Coincident features: iron formation (flatlying and extensive)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; iron formation
Host rock stratigraphy:Kipalu formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: mineralization) The Haig Inlet deposit is a Lake Superior Type iron formation, is Paleoproterozoic (1,880 Ga) and islocated at the western edge of the Superior Province. This iron formation is thought to have been deposited under similar conditions and timing as the Sokoman Formation which hosts the LabradorTrough iron deposits. Many of the stratigraphic sub-units of the Sokoman can be correlated to similar units in the Kipalu Formation which hosts the Haig Inlet deposit. The iron formation is fairly flat-lying and is continuousl over an area of 16.5 square kilometers in Haig North and 3.5 square kilometers in Haig South.
References:
Wahl, G. H., 2012
Haig Inlet Iron Project Technical Report, Belcher Islands, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,, Canada
NI 43-101 Technical Report, GH Wahl & Associates Consulting, Canadian Orebodies Inc., Publication code 2012-02, 62 p.

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2012-02-05; Component: Haig North; 230 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 35.17 percent
Reference: Wahl, G. H., 2012: Haig Inlet Iron Project Technical Report, Belcher Islands, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Report, GH Wahl & Associates Consulting, Canadian Orebodies Inc., Publication code 2012-02, 62 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2012-02-05; Component: Haig North; 155 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 35.55 percent
Reference: Wahl, G. H., 2012: Haig Inlet Iron Project Technical Report, Belcher Islands, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Report, GH Wahl & Associates Consulting, Canadian Orebodies Inc., Publication code 2012-02, 62 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 2012-02-05; Component: Haig South; 134 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 35.37 percent
Reference: Wahl, G. H., 2012: Haig Inlet Iron Project Technical Report, Belcher Islands, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut,, Canada; NI 43-101 Technical Report, GH Wahl & Associates Consulting, Canadian Orebodies Inc., Publication code 2012-02, 62 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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