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Record: MDI41K16SW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Island In Batchawana Bay - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Havilland

Latitude: 46° 51' 55.93"    Longitude: -84° 26' 54.74"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 694458.325   Northing: 5193382.382    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K16SW

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Small island 1.25 kilometres south of Batchawana Island, 6.25 kilometres west of the Lake Superior shoreline.





Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Specularite and chalcocite in quartz veins in Cambrian (Late Precambrian) seds.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcociteEconomicOre
2SpeculariteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 700  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


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: 132  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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