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MDI41K15NW00002
| Record Name(s) | Coppermine Point - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Ryan
Latitude: 46° 59' 13.85" Longitude: -84° 47' 6.17"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668430.437 Northing: 5206120.571 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41K15NW
Point Location Description: Pits
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 125 metres east of Highway 17, 1.8 kilometres north west of Whiskey Point in Montreal Mining Location.
1882-84 Two shallow prospecting shafts by Silver Islet Consolidated Mining and Lands Co. 1906-08 7753 feet of d.d. in 17 holes by Calumet and Hecla Mining Co.
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup
Geological Age: Late Precambrian
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - Sparse copper mineralization occurs in small fissure-filling carbonate-quartz veins; and in Middle Keweenawan basalts and sediments.
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Minor copper in small fissure-filling quartz carbonate veins in mid Keweenawan basalts and sediments. Average of drill sludge samples was 0.04% Cu.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Kaolin | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Date: Aug 11, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: Average of drill sludge samples was 0.04% Cu (ODM 1953).
Map - Batchawana area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM35B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 4-45 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Mamainse Point area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0554 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Mamainse Point copper area
Publication Number: ARV62-04 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Publication - Canada Dept. Mines, 1911, Bulletin No. 6
Publication Number: Bull 6 Date: 1911
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 253 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
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:
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: 130 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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