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Record: MDI41J06NW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mississagi River - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Wells

Latitude: 46° 23' 34.27"    Longitude: -83° 20' 12.68"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 320339.067   Northing: 5140351.406    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J06NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 600 metres west of the east boundary of Wells Township, 1.7 kilometres south of the west side of Woodrow Lake.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Parkinson-0016-D1 41J07NW0079 41J07NW0079
Wells-0011-A1 41J06NW0037 41J06NW0037
Wells-0010-B1 41J06NW0034 41J06NW0034

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz sulphide veins in diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

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 - 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


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 105  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: 86  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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