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): | Eqe Bay Iron Zone #1 (occurrence); Suttie Bay (occurrence) | ||||||
Longitude / Latitude: | -76.74708 / 69.68990 | ||||||
Political location(s): | Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: Central Baffin Island | ||||||
NTS map data: | 037C09 (Eqe Bay) | ||||||
Deposit clan (type): | iron formation | ||||||
Deposit (sub) types: | Algoma type; Oxide facies iron-formation. | ||||||
Deposit status: | advanced project; Status comments: The Zone 1 is estimated to contain 110 million long tons. | ||||||
Geologic province: | Canadian Shield | ||||||
Geologic subprovince: | Rae craton | ||||||
Geologic district: | Foxe fold belt | ||||||
Commodities: | Fe | ||||||
Mineralization styles: | layered/banded (mineralization zone); fracture fill (mineralization zone) | ||||||
Geological ages: | Precambrian (host rocks) | ||||||
Host rocks: | (1) sedimentary; iron formation; Component: mineralization zone (2) volcanic; mafic-intermediate volcanic rocks; Component: host rocks | ||||||
Mineralogy: | (mineralization - massive / mineralization zone): magnetite, quartz, jasper | ||||||
Qualified comments: | (Applies to: reserve/resource descriptions) The Zone 1 is estimated to contain 110 million long tons. Estimated reserves of Zones 1, 2, 3 and 4 combined are 236 million long tons, up to 350 million long tons possible. (Applies to: mineralization) Zone 1 consists of narrow hematite and magnetite bands in mafic-intermediate volcanic rocks, and has dimensions of 6500 feet x 400 feet x 400 feet. | ||||||
Links to other databases: | NORMIN; Key value: 037CNE0001 | ||||||
Geophysical-chemical signature: | Signature type: Airborne Magnetometer; Response type: negative (strong) Signature type: Ground Magnetometer; Response type: positive (strong) Signature type: Ground Gravity; Response type: positive (strong) | ||||||
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Resource data: |
Estimate date: 1969; Component: mineralization zone; 110 million long tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% Estimate date: 1969; Component: mineralization zone; 350 million long tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 11.1% |