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| Date Created | 2013-Oct-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Norberg
Latitude: 47° 7' 1.35" Longitude: -84° 27' 46.75"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 692451.76 Northing: 5221293.88 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N01SW
Point Location Description: Outcrop Exposure
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
Oct 28, 2013 (A Pace) - The general geology consists of mafic metavolcanic rock cut by massive quartz veining.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 28, 2013 (A Pace) - Quartz veining displaying a smokey quartz appearance. The quartz veining has ripped up the clasts of mafic metavolcanics. There are patchy and disseminated sections displaying chalcopyrite. The mafic metavolcanic rocks are fractured with Fe-gossan concentrated within the fractures.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
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| Copper | Unknown | 3068 | ppm | |||
| Copper | Unknown | 1048 | ppm |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Breccia |
| 2 | Vein |
Date: Jun 25, 2013
Geologist: A Pace
Notes: A field visit was made by the staff of the SSM district geologist office. A grab sample was taken of the highly silicified and mineralized outcrop exposure of mafic metavolcanics. Assay results from 2 grab samples returned 0.1 and 0.31% copper
Map - Township 27, Range 13 [Norberg Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0359 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Batchawana-Searchmont sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P3063 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Batchawana, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division
Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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