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| Record Name(s) | Teck - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1978-Jan-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Viel
Latitude: 46° 42' 43.72" Longitude: -82° 42' 3.54"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 369990.012 Northing: 5174581.625 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J10NE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 200 metres east of the west boundary of Viel Township and 350 metres south of the north township boundary.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Early Precambrian
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Veins and fractures in altered diabase.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Date: Mar 04, 2000
Geologist: P Beach
Notes: Teck Corporation Limited Copper Prospect - Township U A copper prospect held by Teck Corporation Limited in the north-western part of Township U was examined on July 31, 1973. A new logging road along the south side of the creek flowing out of West Ritchie Lake exposed frequent boulders of quartz and carbonate vein material heavily mineralized by chalcopyrite. In places, the glacial till containing the boulders is cemented by a 1- to 3-inch layer of malachite. The road-cut and subsequent trenching on the slope above for several hundred feet to the southeast exposed mineralization in till for a length of over 1,000 feet along the valley. One badly broken and weathered outcrop of fine-grained altered diabase in the road-cut is well mineralized in fractures with chalcopyrite. Specimens from this outcrop are not radioactive. The extensive till zone, with a high proportion of mineralized vein material on the southeastern side of the valley, is indicative of the possible presence of a primary bedrock source underneath the till or in the valley to the north. It is noted that the northwest-trending diabase dikes at this locality (0DM Map P.468, Township U, Woods 1968) are the same dikes as those closely associated with copper and uranium mineralization in the Little Sister Lake area, 7 miles to the southeast. R.J. Graham of Geophysical Engineering and Surveys Limited advised the writer that his company has completed IP surveys and diamond drilling on the property subsequent to the writer's examination. The results of this work are not yet available. ODM 1974 MP 57 p 88.
Article - Sault Ste. Marie District
Publication Number: MP057.004 Page: 88 Date: 1997
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Rawhide Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R129 Date: 1975
Author: Wood J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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: 111 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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