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| Record Name(s) | Snowshoe Creek - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Casson
Latitude: 46° 33' 38.08" Longitude: -83° 24' 39.12"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 315218.113 Northing: 5159158.326 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J11SW
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 400 metres west of Wakomata Lake, 3.3 kilometres north of the south boundary of Casson Township.
Date unknown: Trenching 1956: 546 feet of d.d. in 3 holes by Pluton Uranium Mines Ltd. 1966-67: MAG and EM surveys, 1766 feet of d.d. in 5 holes by Jubilant Creek Mines Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Casson-0012 | 41J11SW9380 | 41J11SW9380 |
| CASSON 0011 | 41J11SW0016 | 41J11SW0016 |
| CASSON 0010-A1 | 41J11SW0022 | 41J11SW0022 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A shear zone in argillite strikes N55W and dips vertically. The exposed width is 18 feet; length of the shear zone in unknown. One sample of d.d. core assayed 2.02% Cu, nil Au, nil Ag, over 9.0 feet. No copper mineralization was noted in either of two sunsequent holes designed to test down-dip extension of this intersection. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 99).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Malachite | Economic | Ore |
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: 99 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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 the Saunders Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R155 Page: 38 Date: 1976
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:
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: 115 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
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