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| Record Name(s) | Willie Showing - 2007 |
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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° 2' 41.94" Longitude: -84° 42' 1.65"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 674674 Northing: 5212729 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Stripping
Location Method: Based on Assessment
2007: The area was bulldozed pushing a path and clearing the overburden for better access to the showing. An excavator was brought in to excavate a 200 foot north west trench. The showing was washe with a wayjax pump exposing a 70 foot length by 3 foot wide south vein.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| SSMP Ryan-44 | 20000007841 | 20000007841 |
| SSMP Ryan-36 | 20000004216 | 20000004216 |
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Nov 18, 2014 (A Pace) - Brick red, hematized brecciated felsite in contact on both flanks with chloritized, fine grained mafic volcanic. A very fine grained mafic dike is in one location along strike of the showing.
| 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 felsite is auto-brecciated in places with a milky, siliceous/calcite infill in others. Malachite is witnessed in numerous locations along the showing and specks of chalcocite are present. On the north east flank of the felsite a chalcocite vein is witnessed in a few locations and in others elongated patches of malachite mud are witnessed. The showing strikes approximately 30 degrees. Results from grab samples returned assays from 419 ppm to 5.98% copper, one grab sample in 2007 returned an assay of 52.1% copper. The exposure of the bedrock in many locations along the showing has been difficult due to the brittle and broken nature of the fractured rock.
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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