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| Record Name(s) | Meatbird Lake - 1890 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Waters
Latitude: 46° 26' 54.34" Longitude: -81° 8' 30.11"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 489116.97 Northing: 5143882.635 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NE
Point Location Description: Mineral occurrence symbol (Map, GDIF144)
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Meatbird Lake Prospect is located within the Greater City of Sudbury area, in the central-north area of Waters Township. The area is crosscut by two east to west trending main roads: the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) and highway 658. The occurrence is located on the north side of the Old Creighton road approximately 0.75 kilometres east from Highway 144 (Northwest By-Pass). (GDIF144) (OFR 6109, p.1, 2)
1890: An occurrence of copper here was reported in 1890. (GDIF144)
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Elliot Lake Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar Rhyolitic Flows, Tuffs, Basalt | Host |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Rhyolitic Flows, Autocratic Breccias, Tuffs | Host |
Apr 24, 2009 (D Scholtz) - Elliot Lake Group; Copper Cliff Formation: aphyritic to quartz and quartz-feldspar porhphyritic rhyolitic flows, domes and associated autoclastic breccias, subordinate felsic tuff and felsic quartz and feldspar crystal lapilli tuffs, localized massive and pillowed basalt. (OF4570, GSC, 2005)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Geology, Sudbury bedrock compilation, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 4570 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ames, D E; Davidson, A; Buckle, J L; Card, K D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/221501
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Scale: Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Mines Library, Sudbury; Geology Ontario
Folio - Waters Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF144 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Mines Library, Sudbury; Geology Ontario
Map - Denison-Waters area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2119 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1967
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Waters Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF144 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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