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Record Name(s) | Algomont - 1922, Assam Mine - 1985, McPhee - 1985 |
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Related Record Type | Compound |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Rose
Latitude: 46° 25' 31.84" Longitude: -83° 42' 12.56"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 292276.862 Northing: 5144878.285 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: South half of Section 6, Rose Township.
Pre 1920: Shaft sunk 60 feet on McPhee Property. 1921-22: Shaft, inclined 72N, sunk on the Asam vein in inclined depth of 215 feet, with a station cut at the 100 foot level, 331 feet of drifting, mostly to E of shaft, on the 175 foot level, by Algmont Mines Ltd.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz carbonate sulphide vein cuts Nipissing Diabase. Strike E, dip 75N. The vein known as the Asam vein, was traced intermittently for a length of 900 feet, and the width was from 2 to 6 feet. About 1/4 mile E another vein, known as the No. 1 vein of the McPhee property occurs. There is no data available concerning the copper content of the veins. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 58-59).
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 |
Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 22-23 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 58-59 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 73 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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