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MDI52A05NE00010
| Record Name(s) | M. Johnson - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Aug-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Nickel
Township or Area: Conmee
Latitude: 48° 29' 14.37" Longitude: -89° 40' 28.89"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 302375 Northing: 5373922 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05NE, 52A12SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1969: M. Johnson dug a pit 8 by 5 by 4 feet deep.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 |
Mar 23, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The occurrence is located on the Johnson farm, Concession 6, Lot 4, Conmee Township. Bedrock is a fine-grained buff weathering felsic volcanic breccia consisting of moderately angular fragments, 1.25 cm in diameter to some measuring 17.8 by 10.2 cm. The felsic fragments are fine grained, cream to pinkish on fresh surface, partly epidotized, and weather to a chalky textured, buff coloured surface. The enclosing matrix material is very fine grained and dark grey in colour (Kustra, 1970).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 23, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Chalcopyrite occurs as irregularly distributed patches and fracture fillings, in amounts 2-5%. A grab sample of the better mineralized material returned 0.04 opt Au (1.24 gpt Au), 0.63% CU and trace amounts of silver and nickel (Kustra, 1970).
Article - Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: MP033.003 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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