Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Maricona - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Slater
Latitude: 47° 8' 30.61" Longitude: -84° 43' 35.4"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 672382.797 Northing: 5223433.552 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 1.25 kilometres west of Highway 17, 150 metres south of the shore of Lake Superior in the Rankin Mining Location.
1863-66: expl adit and 2 shafts. Mining operations by Quebec and Lake Superior Mining Association. 1949-54: geol and geiger counter survey. 1955-56: 17,564.8 feet of d.d. in 52 holes, surface samples, EM survey, by Maricona Minerals Ltd. 1962-64: 981 feet of d.d. in 9 holes by D. L. McKinnon. 1972-75: mag and geochem surveys, dd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Rankin Mnrl Loc-0013-A1 | 41N02NE0044 | 41N02NE0044 |
| Rankin Mnrl Loc-0017-D1 | 20000004888 | 20000004888 |
| Rankin Mnrl Loc-0012 | 20000019892 | 20000019892 |
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup
Geological Age: Late Precambrian
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Chalcocite, cp, bornite, and native copper in fissure filling vein breccias in basalt. The ore zone measured 1,098' x 8.1' x 345' deep. The average grade was 1.17% Cu. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 58).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcocite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maricona | 1957 | Unclassified | 267987 | MDC012, p. 58 | 295,405 tons averaging 1.17% within a length of 1098 feet, depth 345, width 8 | Copper 1.17 NA |
Map - Montreal River area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1955-01 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Nuffield E.W.
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 58 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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 - Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1989; Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, Mineral Bulletin MR 223
Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 79 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
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:
Part - Geology of the Montreal River area
Publication Number: ARV64-03 Page: 11 Date: 1997
Author: Nuffield E.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Proterozoic flood basalts of eastern Lake Superior: the Keweenawan volcanic rocks of Mamainse Point area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 72-10
Publication Number: GSC Paper 72-10 Date: 1973
Author: Annells, R.N.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102486
Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1974
Publication Number: MP060 Page: 161 Date: 1975
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Batchawana area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV35-02.002 Page: 81 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 33 Date: 1985
Author: Pearson, W N; Bretzlaff, R E; Carrière, J J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/120312
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: 142 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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