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Record: MDI41J06NW00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) East Paynter - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Wells

Latitude: 46° 25' 39.07"    Longitude: -83° 26' 11.36"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 312798.044   Northing: 5144434.363    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J06NW

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Approximately 750 metres east of the west township boundary and 2.25 kilometres south of the north boundary of Wells Township.



Exploration History

Pre 1967: Old trenches. 1967: 1 d.d. hole totalling 159 feet by R. Paynter.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Wells-0010-A1 41J06NW0038 41J06NW0038

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz chalcopyrite vein, striking E, cuts Gowganda sediments. The vein has been traced for a length of 200 feet, the width ranges from 8 to 10 feet. Assay results from core averaged 1.26% Cu over 13.2 feet. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 69).




Mineralization

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

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:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 69  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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 - 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: 58-59  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


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 - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 83  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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