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Record: MDI41J12SW00044

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) R.J. Sabourin - 1969
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: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Chesley Additional

Latitude: 46° 33' 34.68"    Longitude: -83° 52' 33.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 279563.955   Northing: 5160248.482    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J12SW

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.15 kilometres east of the west boundary of Chesley Additional Township and 3.2 kilometres north of the south township boundary.



Exploration History

1948: Trenching, sampling, geology, mapping by R.J. sabourin.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CHESLEY 0012 41J12SW9500 41J12SW9500

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A quartz vein about 5 feet wide, striking N70W and dipping steeply south, occurs along a quartz - argillite contact. The vein length is not recorded. Argentiferous galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite occur in fractures within the quartz vein. Chip samples assayed 2.24 oz/ton Ag, 1.65% Pb, over 22 inches; 1.46 oz/ton Ag, 0.72% Pb, over 60 inches and trace Ag, 0.12% Pb over 15 inches.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Two Horse Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2448 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1980

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology, Echo Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1413A

Publication Number: Map 1413A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1977

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109094


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 19  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P1238 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Sawiuk M., Whittaker P.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R210 Page: 54-55  Date: 1982

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5277 Page: 78  Date: 1979

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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: 119  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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