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Mt Stinear Iron

Occurrence in Antarctica with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086449
MRDS ID WA41002
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Stinear Iron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 65.00218, -71.99704 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NORTHEAST OF MOUNT RUKER, Est Estimated From Usgs Circular 909, Figure 20, Page 28 (Locality 2)

Site location context

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Antarctica(country)

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Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Antarctica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 65.00218, -71.99704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intensely Faulted Beds Of Banded Iron-Formation Were Noted By Ravich And Others (1982) At Mount Stinear, And Nearby Positive Anomalies Under Glacial Ice Further Suggest Additional Iron-Bearing Rocks There.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NOT LIKELY TO BE ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED (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.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEHRENDT, JOHN C., EDITOR, 1983, PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ANTARCTICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 909, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-94 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

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