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Record: MDI41J11SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Caribou Creek - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1978-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Iron



Location

Township or Area: Jackson

Latitude: 46° 35' 48.11"    Longitude: -83° 18' 31.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 323156.168   Northing: 5162937.381    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J11SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.95 kilometres east of the west boundary of Jackson Township, 300 metres north of Caribou Creek.



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Early Precambrian  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz veins in sheared felsic intrusives near diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MalachiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Wakomata Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2350 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Wakomata Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R151 Page: 46  Date: 1977

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Wakomata Lake area (eastern half), District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0914 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1973

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M., Douglas G.B.

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: 112  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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