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Record: MDI000000001403

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fluor Island Calcite Occurrence - 1980
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Apr-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Shannon Zurevinski
Revised By Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Calcite



Location

Township or Area: Fluor Island Area

Latitude: 48° 38' 46"    Longitude: -88° 5' 50.54"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 419169   Northing: 5388698    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52A09NE

Point Location Description: Lapointe (2005) General location

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Lapointe (2005) East of the Black Bay Peninsula



Exploration History

There is no record of exploration or development work in this area.


Geology

Province: Southern

Formation Group: Animikie Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Breccia-unsubdivided 1

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CalciteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 29, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Calcite veins are often found in association with breccia zones in this area.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Black Bay Peninsula and vicinity, Fluor Island sheet, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P0624 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: McIlwaine W.H., Wallace H., d'Apollonia S.J., Keeler R.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


Publication - Mineral Deposit Files from the TBay library (MDF 52A09NE)

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