Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Rock Lake - 1902, Red Rock - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Aberdeen
Latitude: 46° 26' 28.11" Longitude: -83° 44' 3.52"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 289968.857 Northing: 5146696.323 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05NE
Point Location Description: Two adits and a shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 800 metres east of Rock Lake.
1898-1903: Two adits; vertical 3 compartment shaft to 420 feet; levels at 100, 200, 300; 606 feet of lateral development on surface from 100 foot level. 1899-1903: Production 1 524 000 lbs. copper, valued at 103 082, from 43 300 tons of ore, by Rock Lake Mining Co. Ltd. 1950: 3204 feet d.d. by East Sullivan Mines Ltd. 1955 Geol. survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN 0026 | 41J05NE0021 | 41J05NE0021 |
| ABERDEEN 0027 | 41J05NE0022 | 41J05NE0022 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - A stockwork of discontinuous quartz-carbonate-chalcopyrite veins in a fault zone, which strikes N55W and dips 90 to 70 N, has an average width of 50 to 100 feet. It has been traced by drilling for a strike length of 1000 feet and by surface prospecting for a length of 2 miles.
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A stockwork of discontinuous quartz-carbonate-chalcopyrite veins in a fault zone, which strikes N55W and dips 90 to 70 N, has an average width of 50 to 100 feet. It has been traced by drilling for a strike length of 1000 feet and by surface prospecting for a length of 2 miles. Drilling in the vicinity of the old workings obtained copper values ranging from 0.11 to 0.51% Cu, traces Au and Ag, over core lengths ranging from 5 to 45 feet. Production grade averaged 35 lbs/ton Cu. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 14).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue |
Date: Aug 10, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: Drilling in the vicinity of the old workings obtained copper values ranging from 0.11 to 0.51% Cu, traces Au and Ag, over core lengths ranging from 5 to 45 feet. Production grade averaged 35 lbs/ton Cu. The deposit consists of a quartz-carbonate vein stockwork in a shear zone cutting Gowganda greywacke and greywacke conglomerate. The vein system itself is apparently continuous to the Indian Lake showing 2 miles to the northwest. Mineralized portions of the veins conatin quartz, ankerite, chalcopyrite, and bornite.
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV11.016 Page: 270-271 Date: 1998
Author: Carter W.E.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 14 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Page: 73 Date: 1978
Author: Frarey, M.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548
Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 143
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 143 Page: 126 Date: 1925
Author: Collins, W.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100853
Part - Mineral industries of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV08-01.002 Page: 19, 124 Date: 1998
Author: Blue A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 26 Date: 1985
Author: Pearson, W N; Bretzlaff, R E; Carrière, J J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/120312
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 81 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 79 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.011 Page: 205 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District - 1988
Publication Number: MP142.011 Page: 209 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Melisek J., Born P., Hatfield K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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