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Record: MDI41N02SE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gimlet Lake - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ryan

Latitude: 47° 0' 53.97"    Longitude: -84° 38' 1.69"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 679837.53   Northing: 5209547.51    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N02SE

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 2.2 kilometres west of the east boundary of Ryan Township, 5 kilometres south of the north township boundary.



Exploration History

1955-56: EM survey, 2334.5 feet of d.d. in 7 holes by Consolidated Negus Mines Ltd. Prospecting by Noranda Exploration Company in 1991 obtained gold values from grab samples of up to 6.68g/t gold.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Palmer-0019 41N02SE0103 41N02SE0103
SSMP-Palmer-14 41N02SE9052 41N02SE9052
SSMP-Palmer-06 41N02SE0054 41N02SE0054
Ryan-0015-C1 41N02SE0133 41N02SE0133
Ryan-0020-C1 41N02SE0147 41N02SE0147
Ryan-0014-C1 41N02SE0165 41N02SE0165

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Batchawana

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Feb 10, 2015 (A Pace) - Disseminations in quartz porphyry and in quartz seams in adjacent metavolcanics. The porphry has been traced by drilling for a length of 600 feet and ranges from 20 to 140 feet in width. Assays of core samples ranged from 0.09% Cu to 0.27% Cu over widths of 6 to 10 feet in metavolcanics (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 60).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Ryan Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0555 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

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

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 60  Date: 1969

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

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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

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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

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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

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