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Record: MDI41J11SW00064

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Galex Mines - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Casson

Latitude: 46° 33' 46.35"    Longitude: -83° 25' 32.66"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 314086.104   Northing: 5159448.294    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J11SW

Point Location Description: Trench

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.1 kilometres west of Wakomata Lake, 50 metres north west of Highway 129, 3.5 kilometres north of the south boundary of Casson Township.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CASSON 0022 41J11NW5021 41J11NW5021

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz carbonate vein in Gowganda Formation.




Mineralization

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

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:


Publication - Copper metallogeny, north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 79-1A

Publication Number: Paper 79-1A Date: 1979

Author: Pearson, W N

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104860


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

Publication Number: R155 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


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