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| Record Name(s) | Gimby Lake - 1969 |
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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: Copper
Township or Area: Palmer
Latitude: 47° 2' 25.01" Longitude: -84° 35' 57.06"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 682382.61 Northing: 5212437.496 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located in the north western portion of Palmer township approximately 800 feet south of Gimby Lake.
In 1966 2 diamond drill holes totalling 1297 feet was completed by Phelps-Dodge Corp in Canada Ltd. In 1996 1 diamond drill hole totalling 850 feet was drilled by Aurogin Resources Ltd. In 1997 drilling by Aurogin Resources on the Cedar Lake grid included 3 diamond drill holes totalling 593m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| SSMP-Palmer-20 | 41N02SE2001 | 41N02SE2001 |
| Palmer-0015-A1 | 41N02SE0077 | 41N02SE0077 |
| SSMP-Palmer-16 | 41N02SE0039 | 41N02SE0039 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
Nov 25, 2010 (A Pace) - The occurrence is hosted primarily within the mafic volcanics of the Batchawana Greenstone Belt. the area has been described as a silicified zone that appears to strike east and dip north.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 25, 2010 (A Pace) - The zone is reflected in an IP anomaly with mineralization consisting of sparse chalcopyrite occurring with pyrite and pyrrhotite in a silicified zone in Archean mafic metavolcanics. Drilling by Aurogin Resources in 1997 over the Cedar Lake grid intersected the following results: AR97-18: 2m at 0.4% Cu, 2m at 0.31% Cu, 2m at 0.24% Cu AR97-19: 1.3m at 0.45% Cu, 1.5m at 0.18% Cu AR97-20: 0.4m at 0.17% Cu, 2m at 0.19% Cu
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
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:
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: 47 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
Location:
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