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Record: MDI41N02SE00117

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Vulcan Location - 1985, Mammoth - Vulcan - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Nicolet

Latitude: 47° 3' 39.63"    Longitude: -84° 34' 25.19"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 684249.66   Northing: 5214800.49    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N02SE

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 100 metres north of the south boundary of Nicolet Township, 2.65 kilometres east of the west township boundary.



Exploration History

1956: Algoma Ore Properties Ltd. carried out dip needle and geol. surveys by 1961: Cliffs of Canada Ltd. completed geological and magnetometer surveys. 1962: Jorsco Explorations Ltd. carried out a magnetometer and EM survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Nicolet 0026A1 41N02SE0019 41N02SE0019

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Batchawana

Geological Age: Early Precambrian  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Contains

Lithology Comments

Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Magnetite in a band of iron formation within volcanics.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
1ChertEconomicGangue
2JasperEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Township 28, Range 13 [Nicolet Township], District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0361 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Copper and iron regions of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV09.008 Page: 189-190  Date: 1998

Author: Coleman A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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:


Part - Sault Ste. Marie area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV35-02.001 Page: 77-81  Date: 1998

Author: McConnell R.G.

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 - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 51-52  Date: 1968

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:


Publication - Iron ore occurrences in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 217

Publication Number: CMB Pub 217 Page: 83-84  Date: 1917

Author: Lindeman, M E; Bolton, L L; Robinson, A H A

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/305364


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 - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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