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Record: MDI41J11SW00052

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gould Copper Mine - 1976, Gould Mine - 1976, Huston Lake - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Gould

Latitude: 46° 31' 2.34"    Longitude: -83° 26' 15.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 313020.072   Northing: 5154414.35    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J11SW

Point Location Description: Adit, pits

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 200 metres north of Huston Lake, 1.8 kilometres east of the west boundary of Gould Township.



Exploration History

1966-67: Trenching, 80 feet d.d. in 1 hole by G. Poirier. 1968 Trenching by Gould Coppermine Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Gould-0014-D1 41J11SW0049 41J11SW0049
Gould-0014-C1 41J11SW0037 41J11SW0037
Gould-0010-D1 41J11SW0043 41J11SW0043
Gould-0010-C1 41J11SW0052 41J11SW0052

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A quartz chalcocite specularite vein cuts Gowganda Sediments. The vein strikes E and dips 70S to 90. A test pit in 1967 exposed the vein for a length of about 10 feet, a width of 3.5 feet, of which 1 foot was massive chalcocite and specularite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1SpeculariteEconomicGangue
2QuartzEconomicGangue
3CarbonateEconomicGangue
4HematiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Saunders Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2331 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Chandler F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: P0737 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Chandler F.W., Masson S.L., Faust D., Raudsepp M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 28  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1971

Publication Number: MP050 Page: 100  Date: 1972

Author: Gibson S.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:


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 the Saunders Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R155 Page: 34-35  Date: 1976

Author: Chandler F.W.

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: 114  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Article - Sault Ste. Marie District

Publication Number: MP034.001 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Rupert R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Article - 1976 report of the Northeastern Regional Geologist and Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP071.007 Page: 97  Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District - 1989

Publication Number: MP147.011 Page: 205  Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District - 1990

Publication Number: MP152.010 Page: 205  Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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