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Record: MDI000000001582

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shoefelt Property - 1921
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Mar-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Tarbutt

Latitude: 46° 22' 21.41"    Longitude: -84° 0' 5.23"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 730616   Northing: 5139819    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K07SE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Take the concession Rd. north of Hwy. 17 on McKnight Rd. for 2 lots (2000m.) and where it turns sharp right (east) take the gravel trail north for 1.5 km until it turns westerly to proceed to a small landlocked lake/swamp (with a new cabin on the east shore ).



Exploration History

1921: Pit deepened to 12 ft by Kennecott. 1955: Technical Mine Consultants – mapping. 1956: Kennco Explorations Canada Ltd. and Technical Mine Consultants - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
ARCHIBALD 11 A1 41K16NE0010 41K16NE0010
TARBUTT 0011 A1 41K16NE0010 41K16NE0010

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Contains
Vein 2 Calcite Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 28  Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 104  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Page: 74  Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548


Map - Geology, Bruce Mines-Lake George area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1414A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109095


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: 79  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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