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Record: MDI41K09NE00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Midge Lake - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-May-13
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Deroche

Latitude: 46° 43' .7"    Longitude: -84° 7' .99"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 720335.827   Northing: 5177738.015    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K09NE

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 150 metres north west of Midge Lake, 1.15 kilometres west of the east boundary of Deroche Township.



Exploration History

Pre 1926: Stripping, trenching and some drilling.


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Small hematite lenses in shear zone in Gowganda Formation and Archean gneiss complex.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1HematiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 23  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Sault Ste. Marie area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV35-02.001 Page: 48  Date: 1998

Author: McConnell R.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923

Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 197  Date: 1998

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Publication - Deroche, Hodgins, Gaudette, and Shields Townships, Algoma District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1921, Part D

Publication Number: GSC SR 1921D Date: 1922

Author: Brunton, S

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103395


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: 128  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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