Bending Lake

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206466
MAS/MILS ID 1220400101
Record type Site
Current site name Bending Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -92.13349, 49.3333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -92.13349, 49.3333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Steep Rock Iron Mines
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Algoma Steel Corp. Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office 105 West St, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Deposit

    P.23,24,264.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S, JOINT VENTURE STUDIES BENDING LAKE DEPOSIT;

  • Deposit

    OCT.8, 1977, P.8.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, STEEP ROCK EXTENDS OPTION ON BENDING LAKE

  • Deposit

    IRON GROUP; MARCH 22, 1979, P.3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.