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| Record Name(s) | McMahon Lake - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Titanium, Manganese
Township or Area: McMahon
Latitude: 46° 31' 51.95" Longitude: -83° 47' 36.84"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 285770.959 Northing: 5156850.428 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J12SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: East shore of the south east most large island in McMahon Lake, 200 metres north of the south bounadry of McMahon Township and 3.6 kilometres east of the west township boundary.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Carbonate sulphide vein in shear zone cuts Nipissing quartz diabase.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Map - McMahon and Morin townships, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2272 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1973
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Echo Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario
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
MonoMap - Geology of McMahon and Morin townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R112 Page: 57 Date: 1973
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - McMahon Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0620 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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: 118-119 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Date: 1978
Author: Frarey, M.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548
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