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Record: MDI41J05SW00064

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Centre Line Prospect - 1969, North Steinberg Showing - 1949
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Plummer Additional

Latitude: 46° 21' 7.93"    Longitude: -83° 48' 12.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 284299.001   Northing: 5137000.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Keating Location, 1/2 mile north of Steinberg Prospect, 3 1/2 miles northwest of Bruce Mines.



Exploration History

1955-56: Bruce Presto Mines Ltd. - 6 d.d.-1365 feet, mapping and geochemical surveys, airborne EM and MAG surveys


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Plummer-0012 41J05SW0007 41J05SW0007
Plummer-0018 41J05NW0010 41J05NW0010
Plummer-0014 41J05SW0002 41J05SW0002
Plummer-0015 41J05SW0003 41J05SW0003

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Brecciated Host
Quartz Arenite 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Jun 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein outcrops in a series of small outcrops over a 1000 foot length in an area 200 feet in width.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - Surface copper values in the quartz veins were low and negligible values were found in the Bruce Presto drill holes. No assays found in available records.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

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:


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 Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548


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 - Copper metallogeny, north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario; Current research part A; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 79-1A

Publication Number: Paper 79-1A Date: 1979

Author: Pearson, W.N.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104860


Map - Geology, Bruce Mines-Lake George area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1414A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109095


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 54-55  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: 75  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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