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Record: MDI41I14NW00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sandfly Lake Occurrence - 1904, Ferrex Property - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Aug-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Botha

Latitude: 46° 53' 36.24"    Longitude: -81° 19' 15.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 475548.003   Northing: 5193368.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I14NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1957: Explorers Alliance Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1962: Ironco Mining and Smelting Ltd. - sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
BOTHA-0011-B1 41P14NE1050 41P14NE1050



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 04, 2009 (A Wilson) - A 200 pound character sample assayed 39.72% Fe.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Magmatic
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Map - Emo, Rhodes and Botha townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2413 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1979

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Botha Township

Publication Number: GDIF485 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Botha Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P1091 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Emo, Rhodes, and Botha townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R196 Scale:     Date: 1980

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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