Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McKellar Lake Molybdenum - 2016 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2018-Jun-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Walsh
Latitude: 48° 50' 45.77" Longitude: -86° 42' 53.89"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 520912 Northing: 5410381 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D15SE
Point Location Description: Sample location from S. Magnus 2016 mapping program
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
2016: S. Magnus of the OGS carried out geological mapping and sampling as part of 1:20,000 scale bedrock geology mapping in Tuuri and Walsh townships.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Chert | 1 | Chert Chemical Metasediments | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Wacke | 3 | McKellar Harbour formation | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sulphides | Economic | Ore |
Jun 20, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 16SJM130 contains 6419 ppm Mo and 4400 ppm Zn. This is from a sample of chert with sulphide mineralization from a chemical sedimentary horizon between metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks (Magnus, 2018).
Data - Geological, Geochemical, Geophysical and Petrographic Data from Tuuri and Walsh Townships, Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt, Wawa-Abitibi Terrane, Superior Province
Publication Number: MRD361 Date: 2018
Author: Magnus S.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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