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Record: MDI41J10SW00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fort Norman Anomaly A - 1974, A.H. Clark Claims - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jan-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Albanel

Latitude: 46° 34' 47.02"    Longitude: -82° 59' 51.6"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 346941   Northing: 5160400.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J10SW

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: 47.2 km north of hwy 17 on hwy 546 (north of Iron Bridge). Park on edge of hwy. Site can be seen from road - to the north on other side of the White River - 150 metres west of bridge (ie hwy 546 crosses bridge). 76 metres across river from hwy 546.



Exploration History

1956: Wolfe – sampling. 1974: Fort Norman Explorations Incorporated – airborne geophysics, trenching, DD-4-632.3 ft, assays 1983: Canamax Resources Inc. – airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
ALBANEL 0047 / 2.6135 41J10NE0012 41J10NE0012
SSMP Albanel-04 / 2.15708 41J10SW0019 41J10SW0019
ALBANEL 0033 41J10SW0089 41J10SW0089
ALBANEL 0021/ 2.1575 41J10SW0013 41J10SW0013
ALBANEL 0015 41J10SW0090 41J10SW0090

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Siltstone 2 Siltstone Contains

Lithology Comments

Apr 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted within an irregular quartz stringer containing sulphides and chalcopyrite. The country rock was described as an impure quartzite. Local inclusions of more basic material have been metamorphosed and have been described as a chlorite schist.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Apr 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by S.E. Wolfe (OGS) in 1956 assayed 0.62% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Drill Core Library SSM

Publication Number: DCL SSM Date:

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MonoMap - Geology of the Endikai Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R178 Page: 67-68  Date: 1978

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Publication - Wakomata Lake Map, Algoma District Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1926, pt. C

Publication Number: Sum Rpt 1926 C Date: 1927

Author: Emmons, R.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102095


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 107  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Endikai Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2399 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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Map - Geological series, Endikai Lake area (eastern half), District of Algoma

Publication Number: P1002 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1975

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M., Grunsky E.C., Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Sault Ste. Marie-Blind River Map Sheet

Publication Number: M2670 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2003

Author: Johns G.W., McIlraith S.J., Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Lithological and Structural Mapping of Albanel Township, Southern and Superior Provinces

Publication Number: OFR6280.016 Page: 16-1 to 16-11  Date: 2012

Author: Lewis D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology of Albanel Township, Southern and Superior Province

Publication Number: P3773 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2013

Author: Lewis D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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