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MDI52A05SE00045
| Record Name(s) | Rothwell Mine - 1927, Lot 5, Concession D - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Township or Area: Paipoonge
Latitude: 48° 20' 30.2" Longitude: -89° 36' 25.3"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 306823 Northing: 5357567 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05SE
Point Location Description: From AMIS shaft location
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1973: Elgin Lake Mines Ltd. drilled 2 DDH totalling 157.6 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.495 | 52A05SE0014 | 52A05SE0014 |
| 13 | 52A05SE0008 | 52A05SE0008 |
| 12 | 52A05SE0012 | 52A05SE0012 |
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mudstone | 1 | Shale | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz And Calcite | Host | |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase Sills |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 29, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Rothwell mine is in lot 5, concession D, Paipoonge Township. A shaft 20 feet deep and a trench 30 feet long occur on this lot. The rocks exposed in the workings are flat-lying black shales. A fracture zone 2 feet wide, striking north 50 degrees east and dipping vertically, occurs in them. A few veinlets, up to 2 inches in width, ramify the fracture zone. The veinlets consist of white and amethystine quartz and calcite (Tanton, 1931).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Publication - Fort William and Port Arthur, and Thunder Cape Map-area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 167
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 167 Page: 132 Date: 1931
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799
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