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Record: MDI41J11SW00050

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frobel Lake - 1969, Process - 1985, Archibald - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Cobalt, Barite, Gold, Asbestos, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Casson

Latitude: 46° 36' 37.44"    Longitude: -83° 21' 50.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 318981.169   Northing: 5164585.356    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J11SW

Point Location Description: Pits

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 100 metres west of Frobel Lake and 700 metres south of the north boundary of Casson Township.



Exploration History

1968: EM survey, 588 feet of d.d. in 1 hole by F.H. Jowsey Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CASSON 0026 41J11SW9400 41J11SW9400
CASSON 0027 20000018732 20000018732

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Carbonate sulphide veins in fault zone cutting diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2BariteEconomicOre
3MalachiteEconomicOre
4AsbestosEconomicOre
1SpeculariteEconomicGangue
2QuartzEconomicGangue
3TremoliteEconomicGangue

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:


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:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 99  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: R151 Page: 46-48  Date: 1977

Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.

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: 113  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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