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| Record Name(s) | Wilcox Island Shaft - 1894 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Cowper
Latitude: 45° 13' 24.64" Longitude: -80° 6' 45.32"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 569669 Northing: 5008163 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H08SE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The shaft is located on the west shore of Wilcox Island in Spider Bay. This deposit can be reached by boat from Parry Sound.
1893: H. Harris and T. Wilcox – discovery. 1894-1907: Parry Sound Copper Mining Company Ltd. – property acquired
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Garnet-Biotite-Hypersthene | Host |
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Jan 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - The Wilcox Island deposit is exposed by a shaft and pit each approximately 2 metres by 2 metres across and is apparently on strike, 400 metres southwest of the Wilcox Mine. Coarse garnet-biotite-pyroxene gneiss from 0.6 metre to 1.6 metres thick occurs within felsic rocks, dips at approximately 45º S and is mineralized with massive sphalerite, pyrite and minor chalcopyrite. Garnet alteration is present in the footwall but not the hanging wall of the deposit. The sulphide zone is overlain by 3 metres of felsic gneiss and subsequently, a more mafic rock in the form of a hypersthene-feldspar gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 06, 2010 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by D. Villard from the site returned 0.94% Cu and 18.90% Zn.
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale: Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sans Souci Area
Publication Number: P3551 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parry Sound Area
Publication Number: P3550 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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