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| Record Name(s) | Batchawana Prospect - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Palmer
Latitude: 46° 59' 32.8" Longitude: -84° 32' 9.27"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 687356.505 Northing: 5207271.453 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41K15NE
Point Location Description: Shaft, pits
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 500 metres west of the Batchawana River, 2 kilometres north of the south boundary of Palmer Township.
Iron formations were examined in the late 1800's in the south central part of Palmer township for iron ore potential. An exploration shaft 7.6m deep with minor tunnels and several pits were put in by Batchawana Mining Company in the area with no results reported. In 1964, Pall Mall Copper Mines Ltd., drilled 4 diamond drill holes totalling 1606 feet that intersected iron formation. Results from the drilling included 9 core samples from hole PM-11: 10 feet at 16.10% Fe and 0.02% Cu 11.5 feet of 16.155 Fe 16 feet of 21.45% Fe 14 feet of 19.10% Fe 20 feet of 21.25% Fe 20 feet of 20.20% Fe 14.5 feet of 32.05% Fe 19.5 feet of 28.98% Fe 14 feet of 13.60% Fe Results from 5 core sample from hole PM-12: 2.5 feet of 0.01 oz/t Au 9.5 feet of 23.35% Fe 14.5 feet of 28.20% Fe 15 feet of 27.28% Fe 6 feet of 31.05% Fe Results from 8 core samples from hole PM-13: 15.8 feet of 29.9% Fe and 0.06% Mn 3.7 fee of 0.01 oz/t Au 4 feet of 0.05 oz/t Au 21 feet of 26.25% Fe 13.2 feet of 24.33% Fe and 0.09% Mn 5 feet of 25.7% Fe 10 feet of 0.01 oz/t Au Results from 8 core samples from hole PM-14: 16.5 feet of 28.4% Fe 11 feet of 27.35% Fe 10 feet of 35.10% Fe 7.5 feet of 27.50% Fe 10 feet of 23% Fe 7.5 feet of 25.35% Fe 13 feet of 30.45% Fe 3.4 feet of 0.02 oz/t Au
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Palmer-0036 | 41K15NE0027 | 41K15NE0027 |
| SSMP-Palmer-23 | 41K15NE2001 | 41K15NE2001 |
| SSMP-Palmer-0033 | 41K15NE2003 | 41K15NE2003 |
| Palmer-0016-B1 | 41K15NE0033 | 41K15NE0033 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Early Precambrian
Mar 22, 2012 (A Pace) - The surface geolgoy consists of volcanic rocks and tuffs, ranging in composition from ultramafic to felsic, siliceous siltstone, mudstone, greywacke, and banded iron formation. the composition of the banded iron formation is quite variable along strike, but the two major components are usually jasper and magnetite and hematite. Minor amounts of chert, hematite, muddy matrix and occasionally pyrite are present as well. Carbonatization is ubiquitous, with minor amounts of silicification, epidotization, mylonitization, potassic alteration, sericitization and serpentinization.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Jasper | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chert | Alteration | Chertification | 1 |
Mar 22, 2012 (A Pace) - An East-Northeast trending magnetite-chert iron formation is hosted within mafic metvolcanics and metasediments of the Archean Batchawana Greenstone Belt.
Map - Batchawana, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Batchawana area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV35-02.002 Page: 77-78 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Palmer Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0710 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 33-34 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Mamainse Point-Pancake Bay sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P3062 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division
Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
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:
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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