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MDI42C08SE00056
| Record Name(s) | Milmar Prospect - 1959, Mud Lake Copper Showing - 1951, Mud Lake Prospect - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: West
Latitude: 48° 21' 13.1" Longitude: -84° 3' 18.76"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 718151.5 Northing: 5359797.87 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: Drill collars on east side of Mud Lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east along the Renabie Mine access road for approximately 7.5 km to the Easey Lake access road. Drive along the Easey Lake access road to where a disused access road intersects the main road to the south. Drive south for approximately 1 km and then travel overland for approximately 500 m to the west shore of Mud Lake.
1951: Pileggi Missanabie Mining Syndicate - trenching, prospecting. 1955-56: Kent Mines Limited - property optioned, self-potential and gravity surveys. 1958: property restaked. 1959: Milmar-Island Mines Ltd. - DD-12 -2800 ft. 1998: T. Nicholson - prospecting, sampling. 1998: Freewst Resources Canada Inc. - ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Meath.11 / OP98-282 | 20000019860 | 20000019860 |
| West 0010A1/ 63.516 | 42C08NE0636 | 42C08NE0636 |
| WP Meath.10 / / 2.18864 | 42B05NW2002 | 42B05NW2002 |
| West 0012 / 42C08NE0634 | 20000005071 | 20000005071 |
| West 0013A1 / 63.784 | 42C08NE0633 | 42C08NE0633 |
| West 0013C1/ 42C08NE0631 | 20000005069 | 20000005069 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Syenite | Sheared | Near |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Jul 24, 2013 (A Wilson) - The showings are closed related to the margins of a NW trending diabase dike intruding the Harcourt Lake Stock. The No. 1 vein is the main host and ranges from 1.5 to 5 ft in width. The vein strikes N65W, dips 73º NE and has been traced for 850 feet along strike. The No. 2 Vein is located approximately 750 feet east of the No. 2 vein. The No. 2 vein occupies a silicified shear zone within a greenstone enclave within the syenite. The No. 2 vein strikes N36W and dips 77º SW. This vein ranges from 2 to 6 feet wide and has been traced 160 ft south of Mud Lake and 500 feet north of Mud Lake.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 24, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Milmar-Island Mines in 1953 from the No. 1 Vein returned values ranging from 1.4% Cu over 3 ft. to 7.14% Cu over 1.6 ft. Assays collected by Milmar-Island Mines in 1953 from the No. 2 Vein returned assays ranging from 0.45 % Cu over 6 feet to 1.71% Cu over 5 ft. Grab samples collected by T. Nicholson in 1998 returned values of <0.002 oz/t Au and 0.45% Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 239 | 1 | 295 | 73 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 201 | 1 | 324 | 77 |
Folio - West Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF293 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 47-49 Date: 1978
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie District of the Michipicoten greenstone belt, Wawa, Ontario
Publication Number: MP141.037 Page: 257-270 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B., Buck S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 84-85 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 191 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 334 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Riggs and West townships, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2353 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Missanabie area, West Township, formerly Township 46, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0945 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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