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Record: MDI41N13NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pipe Lake Occurrence - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Pilot Harbour Area

Latitude: 47° 58' .29"    Longitude: -85° 42' 21.98"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 596579.81   Northing: 5313414.51    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N13NE

Point Location Description: Grab sample NE of Pipe Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1983: Cotton Valley Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988: Central Crude Ltd. - geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
41N13NE-0014 42C04SE8880 42C04SE8880
WP PILOT HBR.3 41N13NE0019 41N13NE0019

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P. 494



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host
Amphibolite 2 Amphibolitized Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample reportedly returned an assay of 0.17% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

Folio - Pilot Harbour NE area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 41N/13NE

Publication Number: GDIF598 Date: 1997

Author: Wawa RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 346  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pipe Lake sheet

Publication Number: P3154 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1992

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, south-central section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P2971 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1986

Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 298  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R153 Page: 53  Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 169  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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