Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite
GangueChlorite, Quartzite, Schist
Geology
Host rockIron Formation
StructureTwo Aeromagnetic Anomalies, Each 5 To 10 Km Wide And With Positive Amplitudes Of 600 To 3000 Gammas, Extend West From Mount Ruker For 120 And 180 Km Under Glacial Ice. These Anomalies Almost Certainly Indicate Additionaal Iron Deposits., Main Sequence Nearly 400 M Thick; Overlain And Underlain By Sequences, Each Over 300 M Thick, In Which Banded Iron Fm Is Less Abundant Than Other Rock Types.
Tectonic settingDeposits May Be Part Of An Archean Craton Block In The Southern Prince Charles Mountains
AlterationOver- And Underlying Sequences Have Been Subjected To Greenschist Metamorphism And Are Tightly Folded
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10086448
MRDS IDWA41001
RegionAN
Data scoreC
Coordinates-72.99718, 60.00267
References
BEHRENDT, JOHN C., EDITOR, 1983, PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ANTARCTICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 909, P. 31.RAVICH, M.G., FEDOROV, L.V., AND TARUTIN, O.A., 1982, PRECAMBRIAN IRON DEPOSITS OF THE PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS (REVIEW PAPER), IN CRADDOCK, CAMPBELL, ED., ANTARCTIC GEOSCIENCE: MADISON, WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS, P. 853-858.TINGEY, T.J., 1983?, BANDED IRON FORMATIONS IN EAST ANTARCTICA, IN SPLETTSTOESSER, J.F., EDITOR, MINERAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF ANTARCTICA: AUSTIN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS