Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Boss Lake No 2 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Garden River Reserve Area
Latitude: 46° 32' 39.44" Longitude: -84° 6' 35.74"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 721575.593 Northing: 5158582.819 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41K09SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 50 metres south of the west end of Boss Lake in the Garden River Indian Reserve.
Pre 1926: Shaft reported to be 100 or more feet deep, several pits.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A fault zone striking N70W and dipping north at an unspecified angle brings Bruce limestone in contact with Gowganda argillite. Galena, sphalerite, minor specularite and pyrite occur mainly as fracture fillings in brecciated limestone in and near the fault zone, and to a lesser extent as replacements of the limestone.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Geology, Sault Ste Marie-Ile Parisienne, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1181A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1964
Author: Hay, R.E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107614
Map - Geological series, Jarvis Lake-Garden River area (southern part), District of Algoma
Publication Number: P2241 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1979
Author: Bennett G., Sawiuk M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Sault Ste. Marie area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV35-02.001 Page: 46 Date: 1998
Author: McConnell R.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Sault Ste Marie-Ile Parisienne area, District of Algoma, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1412A
Publication Number: Map 1412A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1977
Author: Hay, R E; Frarey, M J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109093
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 - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 30-31 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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:
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:
Thesis - The Geology of the Sault Ste. Marie Map Area
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 297 Date: 1963
Author: Hay, R.E.
Publisher Name: McGill University
Location: SSM RGP
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: 124 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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