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Record: MDI41J08NW00082

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shelter-Point Island - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-08
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Gaiashk

Latitude: 46° 24' 51.38"    Longitude: -82° 21' 5.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 396133.458   Northing: 5140965.035    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J08NW

Point Location Description: Quartz vein

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: North end of the island, north east of Shelter Point in Whiskey lake.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Gaiashk-0021 41J08NW0096 41J08NW0096

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz sulphide vein cutting Pecors Formation.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Township 137, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: M2003 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


MonoMap - Geology of townships 137 and 138, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R010 Page: 62-64  Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

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:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 110  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

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:


Mono - Huronian geology and the Blind River uranium deposits

Publication Number: OFR5430 Date: 1983

Author: Robertson J.A.

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: 104  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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