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Record: MDI41J12SW00058

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Patten Lake West - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Manganese



Location

Township or Area: McMahon

Latitude: 46° 31' 55.73"    Longitude: -83° 46' 47.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 286818.979   Northing: 5156930.422    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J12SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the west shore of Patten Lake, 300 metres north of the south boundary of McMahon Township.



Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Carbonate quartz sulphide vein in Nipissing granophyre.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1LimoniteEconomicGangue
2QuartzEconomicGangue
3CarbonateEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - McMahon and Morin townships, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2272 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1973

Author: Chandler F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Echo Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1413A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1977

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109094


MonoMap - Geology of McMahon and Morin townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R112 Page: 57-58  Date: 1973

Author: Chandler F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - McMahon Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0620 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Chandler F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 102  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Echo Lake, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: Map23-1959 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1959

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108519


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 119  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Page: 74  Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548


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