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| Record Name(s) | Kincaid North - 2012 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-Nov-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Ryan
Latitude: 47° 4' 11.83" Longitude: -84° 42' 4.27"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 674537 Northing: 5215502 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Stripping
Location Method: Based on Assessment
2002: Discovered from up-rooted tree exposures by propsector William Gibbs during logging operations on the property. The area has been prospected and hand stripped.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| SSMP Ryan-44 | 20000007841 | 20000007841 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
Nov 18, 2014 (A Pace) - This occurrence is lcoated in proximity of the regional unconformity between the Arcehan greenstone belt to the northeast and the Keweenawan basalts to the southwest.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcocite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Weak | Veins | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 2 | Weak | Veins |
Nov 18, 2014 (A Pace) - The mineralization occurs within a brick-red felsite breccia with quartz-carbonate veining with isolated blebs of chalcocite with malachite rims striking 165 degrees, dipping 45 degrees to the west. The exposure exhibits limited mineralization with grab samples returning 104 and 1110 ppm copper.
Map - Kincaid Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0553 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Batchawana, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Mamainse Point area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0554 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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