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Record: MDI41J06NW00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Tunnel Lake - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1977-Jan-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Gould

Latitude: 46° 28' 25.6"    Longitude: -83° 27' 18.21"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 311531.033   Northing: 5149618.356    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J06NW

Point Location Description: Quartz vein

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 300 metres east of the west boundary of Gould Township near the north shore of Tunnel Lake.



Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz sulphide vein cuts Gowganda arkose or quartzite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2HematiteEconomicGangue
3LimoniteEconomicGangue
4QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:


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:


Part - The north shore of Lake Huron, summary report on geology and mineral industry

Publication Number: ARV24-01.007 Page: 235  Date: 1998

Author: Knight C.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 101  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: 89  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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