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MDI41N02SE00118
| Record Name(s) | West Creek - 1969, Copper Road Project - 2024, Cave Showing - 2024 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Nov-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Ryan
Latitude: 47° 2' 29.25" Longitude: -84° 36' 54.26"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 681171.608 Northing: 5212531.504 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 250 metres north west of Mamainse Lake, 1.1 kilometres west of the east boundary of Ryan Township, 2.2 kilometres south of the north township boundary.
1964-65: Discovered, trenching, a few short d.d. holes by W.J. Richards. 1968: 106 feet of d.d. in 1 hole by W.J. Richards. 2012-2014: Superior Copper Corp. completed mapping, sampling, and airborne geophysical survey (electromagnetic, magnetometer). 2024: Sterling Metals Corp. carried out geological mapping, sampling, assaying and analyses, ground geophysical survey (IP).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Ryan-0015-B1 | 41N02SE0109 | 41N02SE0109 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Sulphides in quartz carbonate fracture filling veins in Archean mafic metavolcanics. The principle fracture strikes N30W and dips 90.
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 06, 2024 (Sheree Hinz) - At the Cave Showing, which is over 5m wide, clusters of porphyry style veins hosting copper and molybdenum sulphides occur in multiple orientations. Steeply dipping copper sulphide rich veins grading between 2.39% and 15.9% Cu have been sampled in four locations spanning 1.5m of the overall showing. Within the same outcrop, flat lying veins generally with higher molybdenum values were observed in multiple locations. Sample A focused on the flat lying veins and retuned a value of 2.39% Cu and 0.013% Mo. Pervasive swarms of veins, both steep and flat lying, as well as pockets of disseminated sulphide mineralization characterize the outcrop.
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
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 62 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:
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: 145 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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