CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
276 Canada (Nunavut) 64.20.51 N -- 073.24.05 W Shawkey 5; Korok 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 5 (occurrence); Korok Inlet group
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Subprovince or locality: South Baffin Island
NTS map data: 036A06
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type; Unlike other Shawkey zones, in zone 5 the magnetite appears to be intrusive type injected into structural features in the gneissic country rock (remobilized ?).; 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.
Deposit status: showing; Status comments: Grade and tonnage estimates from surface visual samples. Estimated 10 million short tons of 30-70 % (magnetic) iron.
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Meta Incognita
Commodities: Fe
Mineralization styles: vein (mineralization zone)
Geological ages: Precambrian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) metamorphic; gneiss; Metamorphic grade: amphibolite; Component: host rocks
(2) metamorphic; unclassified metamorphic rocks (coarse-grained magnetite); Metamorphic grade: amphibolite; Component: mineralization zone
Host rock protoliths:iron formation (possibly remobilized)
Metallogenic signatures: Fe
Mineralogy: (mineralization - massive): magnetite
Deposit shape: multiple lenses; Component: mineralization zone
Deposit dimensions:length: 7,700 ft
length: 1,100 ft
Qualified comments: (Applies to: property geology) The zone 5 has 4 different lenses, the longest being 7700 feet and the shortest 1100 feet. The dip is 35-50 degrees north, surface width vary between 25-50 feet.

(Applies to: reserve/resource assays) Estimated grades for the lenses 30-100 % magnetic iron and tonnage of 4 million short tons.

(Applies to: mineralization) Unlike other Shawkey zones, in Zone 5 the magnetite appears to be intrusive type injected into structural features in the gneissic country rock (AR 17004) - remobilized in veins and dykes?
Links to other databases: NORMIN; Key value: 036BNE0004
NUMIN; Key value: 036ASW0003
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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Estimate date: 1957; Component: magnetic fraction; 10 million short tons metal; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resource
Grade-commodity information:Fe: 50 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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