CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
49 Canada (Ontario) 48.47 N -- 091.17 W Atikokan Iron 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): Atikokan Iron
Political location(s): Canada; Province or state: Ontario
NTS map data: 052B14 (Sapawe)
Deposit clan (type): iron formation
Deposit (sub) types: Algoma type; vein related skarn ?
Deposit status: past producer
Geologic province: Canadian Shield
Geologic subprovince: Superior craton
Commodities: Fe
Geological ages: Precambrian (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous) This is massive.
References:
Gross, G. A., 1965
Geology of Iron Deposits in Canada, Volume I : General Geology and Evaluation of Iron Deposits
Economic Geology Report, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 22, 181 p.

Gross, G. A., 2009
Iron formation in Canada, genesis and geochemistry
Open File, Geological Survey of Canada, Publication code 5987, 164 p.

Sinclair, W. D.; Jen, L.-S., 1999
Mines and Mineral Deposits of Canada
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