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Record: MDI41J05NW00041

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fraser - 1902, Fraser-1 - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Aberdeen

Latitude: 46° 27' 33.08"    Longitude: -83° 45' 2.8"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 288773.867   Northing: 5148745.351    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05NW

Point Location Description: Pit/trench

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: South half Lot 4 Concession II Aberdeen Township about 2 kilometres northeast of Rock Lake.



Exploration History

1901: 2 shafts, one 33 feet and another 8 feet deep, by Pioneer Iron Co.


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz sulphide veins cut Gowganda Formation.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

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 - The mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV11.016 Page: 271  Date: 1998

Author: Carter W.E.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 13  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka 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: 76  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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