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Is this a mountain of iron? |
I prospected Clear Hills and Peace River country for many years. |
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Road to Notikewan Tower,upper ironstone outcrop in Rambling Creek,tower at TUL airstrip,helicopter reconnaissance, |
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IRONSTONE RESOURCES is Operator of the Clear Hills Project. Ironstone solved drilling problems that previous companies had with swelling clays above the iron ores. Ironstone moved ahead with the mineral measuring program, to prove as much of the resource-base as possible during the Winter drilling season of 2008. The program was successful and the results should be on the http://www.ironstoneresources.com website. The iron was proven to be 7-9 meters in thickness and the Ironstone core showed that drilling in the 60s accurately described the iron ore beds. |
History of the Bad Heart IronThe ores outcrop on Rambling Creek as a 20 foot bank, being the exposed northeast extent of the iron. Here are photos from our seven years of reconnaissance in the 90s, sampling and conducting geophysical work in the Clear Hills of Alberta. |
The Clear Hills and the Bad Heart Iron Ores have possible potential for recovery of some gold and there is a possiblity that they harbour a kimberlite-type pipe. Two diamonds were recovered from a south outcrop at the Worsley iron ore pit. However, recent studies, dating of the Bad Heart Formation and an evaluation of the ores Rare Earth Elements, has resulted in a positive evaluation of the 1.2 billion ton reserve of iron with vanadium. |
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Field Notes
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RC-100-98 fine sediments screened GPS- |
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CLEAR HILLS IRON ORE DEPOSIT/Bad Heart FormationClear Hills Iron Ore Deposit, Peace River Country, Alberta, Canada. The Clear Hills are the uplands that extend from northwest of Grimshaw, Alberta to the BC border. Elevations are as high as 3000-3500 ft. ASL The Clear Hills Iron Ore Deposit is one of the largest iron ore deposits in the world. Clear Hills Iron Ore Deposit occurs in the Bad Heart Formation, dated at 86-88 Ma. History: The history of the Clear Hills Iron Ore Deposit and associated information, can be found in files we donated to the Ghallagar Geological Library at the University of Calgary. They have drill logs, aero mag surveys and isopach maps. There are long time rumors of gold in the Peace River Country and in the Clear Hills around Fairview. Also, diamonds in the iron ores. Blocks were designated and studied in the 50s. About 240 core holes were drilled in and around north half Twp 90, Rge 5 W6M and in the Worsley area. An ore reserve of 1.2 Billion tons was estimated. Assessment: TUL Petroleums Ltd. assessed Metallic and Industrial Minerals Permits on the Clear Hills and at Notikewan Fire Tower (Notikewan Hill 2850 ft. ASL). We sampled Rambling Creek and surveyed parts of Twp 90-91, Rge 4-5 W6M. A literature search and summary report was prepared by TUL Petroleums Ltd. in 1995. (Kelly, Stapleton, 1995) Outcrops: The Swift Creek deposit (Rambling Creek) outcrops on the north flank of the Clear Hills. Rambling Creek flows eastward in S1/2 Section 35 in Twp 90 Rge 5 and turns north through W1/2-36. The original ore test pit is straight west of the fire tower, just above the creek on the west side in LSD 9-2-91-5-6. The upper section of the iron outcrops in NW 1, Twp 91, Rge 5 W6M below the barrow pit, at an elevation of about 2525 ft. ASL. The grey ironstone outcrops in the stream and causes a waterfall. About 100 meters north of that location, the lower iron outcrop appears in the creek banks as a more oxidized unit of the Clear Hills Iron Ore Deposit. The Worsley Pit is on the south flank of the Clear Hills about six miles north-northeast of Worsley on the Rainy Lake Road. (LSD 12-35-87-7 W6M) It consists of 12-20 feet of iron laden sediments that outcrop in an abandoned wellsite on the norhteast side of the road. The Clear Hills iron ore deposit is in the center of the West Peace Diamond Indicator Mineral (DIM)Trend according to assessment reports filed in 1997 and 1999.http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/ABSTRACTS/MIN_19990025.shtml These are available from Publications Department, Alberta Energy, Alberta Geological Survey. If we knew the source of the iron we would have a better knowledge of the physical geometry of the resource. It may be a billion tons; it may be 3 billion tons. Not enough drilling or geophysical exploration has been done and very little stratigraphic logging has been completed. The area is a plateau in northern Alberta and is physically remote (wet in the summer) yet only a few miles from the Peace River Lowlands where towns, farms and ranches and a railhead is present. |
PUBLICATIONS on the CLEAR HILLS IRON ORE DEPOSITPreliminary report on Peace River Iron Ore by D.B. McDougall (AGS links change, copy-paste please. They should work) Drill hole logs, assays, maps for magnetic survey for Iron prospecting permit no. 7. Maps for airborne magnetic survey over iron prospecting permit no. 8. Iron prospecting permit no. 16, Swift Creek Iron Deposit by N.S.Edgar Report on Clear Hills Iron deposits of Alberta by N.S.Edgar Report on Iron prospecting permit no. 22 by N.S.Edgar A drilling program was conducted at Peace River Mining and Smelting Ltd.'s Iron prospecting permit no. 20 final report by N.S.Edgar Metallic and Industrial Mineral Assessment Report in Support of the Peace Diamond Project and the Iron and Gold Exploration in the Peace River Area by M J Stapleton and M J Kelly, 1995. A 2001 Special Report Alberta Energy and Utilities Board/Alberta Geological Survey SPE 008 A Study of Potential Co-Product Trace Elements Within the Clear Hills Iron Deposits, Northwestern Alberta. Olson, R.A., Eccles, D.R. and Collom, C.J. 2001. $20.00 |
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Disclaimer: The author accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions in this web or any liability connected to the use of the information herein. Refer to the references and publications sited in this web and confirm the information from original sources. Field notes are from memories and recollections of the author and are meant as a general illustration only. |
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