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| Record Name(s) | Kynoch - 1969, Trivers Prospect - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1977-Jan-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Grasett
Latitude: 46° 26' 50.43" Longitude: -83° 16' 42.31"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 325006.099 Northing: 5146274.42 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J06NW
Point Location Description: Adit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 100 metres north of Highway 554 at Kynoch.
About 1910: Pit. 1968: Adit, 200 feet long as of December 1968 by Dondol Mines Ltd.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz carbonate veins, carrying minor chalcopyrite, specularite and pyrite, cut Gowganda argillite and chert. The veins strike N 65-75W, dips are variable, but are most commonly 70W to 90. The veins exposed in the adit range in thickness fom a fraction of an inch to 6 inches. Veins constitute less than 5% of the rock exposed in the adit. A quartz carbonate chalcopyrite vein is reported to occur in an old pit 500 feet NW of the adit portal.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Malachite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
File - Resident Geologist files SSMP Grasset-01
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Location: SSM RGP office
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, 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 - 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 - Geology, Wakwekobi Lake-Dean Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1415A
Publication Number: Map 1415A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1975
Author: Frarey, M J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109096
Publication - Copper metallogeny, north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario; 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
Article - Sault Ste. Marie District
Publication Number: MP024.001 Page: 4 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 29 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Ore deposits near the north shore of Lake Huron
Publication Number: ARV38-07.001 Page: 14 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Pearsonfile Computer Tape of Copper Deposits and Occurrences in the North Shore Region of Lake Huron, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1039
Publication Number: OF 1039 Page: 59-60 Date: 1985
Author: Pearson, W N; Bretzlaff, R E; Carriere, J J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129998
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: 85 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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