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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cobden Tp Lot 12 Con 6 - 1963
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: Cobden

Latitude: 46° 15' 55.43"    Longitude: -83° 4' 13.76"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 340447   Northing: 5125619.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J06SE

Point Location Description: Vein

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Near north boundary of Cobden Township, 250 metres east of the west township boundary.



Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Diabase 2 Diabase Contains
Quartz Arenite 3 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 20, 2012 (P Beach) - Quartz sulphide veins cut Nipissing gabbro.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 20, 2012 (A Wilson) - Disseminated sulphides were observed in a quartz vein.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Scarfe, Mack, Cobden, and Striker townships, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2028 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Abraham E.M., Robertson J.A.

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


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 Page: 289-304  Date: 1979

Author: Pearson, W.N.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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:


MonoMap - Geology of Scarfe, Mack, Cobden, and Striker townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R020 Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Wakwekobi Lake-Dean Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario

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: 100  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 82  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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