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Record: MDI41K10SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Prince Adit - 1999
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1999-Dec-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By P Beach
Revised By P Beach

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Prince

Latitude: 46° 31' 57.28"    Longitude: -84° 33' 11.38"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 687635.348   Northing: 5156132.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K10SE

Point Location Description: Adit, trench

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: At the base of the bluff 2200 feet north of Marshall Drive in the north east quarter of Section 32 Prince Township.



Exploration History

Very old workings including a 70 foot deep adit and a 21 foot long, 3 foot wide, 12 feet deep trench on top of the cliff above the adit.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Report of Activities 1998, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR5990 Scale:     Date: 1999

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Pressacco R.E., Wilson A.C., Hope P., Morra P.M., Draper D.M., Egerland D.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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