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Record: MDI41C01SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frobisher Prospect - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-07
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Dolson

Latitude: 48° 6' 58.08"    Longitude: -84° 14' 2.88"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 705849.05   Northing: 5332908.63    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C01SW

Point Location Description: Trenches on south shore of Noranda Lake (local name)

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The area is most easily accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1955-60: Frobisher Limited and Hopkins Exploration Consultants Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, gamma radiation survey, 7 ddh (332.1 ft), trenching.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Dolson 0013 42C01NE0419 42C01NE0419
Dolson 0010-D1 42C01NE0416 42C01NE0416



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Carbonated Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - No economic grades of mineralization are reported.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Matchinameigus Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2483 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1983

Author: Downes M.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 76  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: R233 Page: 32  Date: 1983

Author: Downes M.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 165-166  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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