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Record: MDI000000001594

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Burden Claim - 1918, Mason Property - 1918
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Apr-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Otter

Latitude: 46° 34' 28.47"    Longitude: -83° 34' .84"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 303310   Northing: 5161091    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J11SW

Point Location Description: trench on sketch in SSMP Otter-15

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

circa 1918 – pitting, sampling


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 Quartz Host
Granite 3 Granite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 29, 2013 (A Wilson) - Four distinct quartz veins strike approximately N35W within the diabase. The showing lies along a north westerly trending lineament within the diabase and granitic rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1HematiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 29, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected in 1918 assayed 46.98 and 58.5% Fe.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file SSMP Otter 15

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Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


MonoMap - Geology of the Saunders Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R155 Date: 1976

Author: Chandler F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Saunders Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2331 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Chandler F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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

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Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - Sault Ste. Marie-Blind River Map Sheet

Publication Number: M2670 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2003

Author: Johns G.W., McIlraith S.J., Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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