Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Asarco Sample No. 6 - 1967 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2006-Jul-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Washi Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 23' 9" Longitude: -87° 14' 32.88"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 483127.7 Northing: 5692760.29 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42M06NE
Point Location Description: Location obtained from a sample location map in assessment files.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Air access from Nakina, Armstrong or Pickle Lake.
1967: Asarco Exploration Ltd. – prospecting, ground geophysics, geological mapping, DD-15-2152 ft 1970: Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. – airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.120 | 42M06SE0001 | 42M06SE0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate pillowed flow | 1 | Pillowed | Contains |
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| Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Feldspar | Near | |
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
Aug 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The area is comprised largely of mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks intruded by narrow feldspar porphyry dikelets. Northwest and easterly trending diabase dikes also have been mapped in the area.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - A surface grab sample collected by Asarco in 1967 returned an assay of 2.51% Cu. Up to 5% chalcopyrite was observed in shears at this location.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Eastern extension of Fort Hope area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51C Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the eastern extension of the Fort Hope area
Publication Number: ARV51-03.002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Operation Fort Hope
Publication Number: MP042 Scale: Date: 1970
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences and Prospects in the Fort Hope-Winisk Area
Publication Number: OFR5926 Scale: Date: 1995
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Fort Hope-Lansdowne House sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2237 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1972
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W., Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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