Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Selco DDH 59-3 - 1959, Millar Copper Property - 1959 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1983-Dec-16 |
Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Michipicoten Island Area
Latitude: 47° 46' 34.21" Longitude: -85° 47' 13.21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 590874.28 Northing: 5292135.25 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N13SW
Point Location Description: Selco DDH 3
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from Michipicoten Harbour, a distance of approximately 85 km.
1956: Aries Copper Mines Ltd. - ground geophysical survey. 1958: W. N. Millar - prospecting. 1958-59: Selco Exploration Co. Ltd. - 4 ddh (905 ft), soil survey.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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41N13SE0011 | 41N13SE0007 | 41N13SE0007 |
41N13SW0010A1 | 41N13SW0008 | 41N13SW0008 |
41N13SW9244 | 20000004978 | 20000004978 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 1.1 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Olivine Tholeiit | Amygduloidal | Host |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best intersection obtained by Selco was 1.12% Cu over 0.5 ft in ddh 1. Other assays ranged from0.01% Cu over 1.5 ft to 0.05% over 1 ft. An assay of 7.68% Cu was obtained in ddh 3 over 0.3 ft from a calcite-prehnite vein. Native silver was noted in the core, but assays were inconclusive.
Map - Geology, Michipicoten Island, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1353A
Publication Number: Map 1353a Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1974
Author: Annells, R N
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109070
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 309 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Publication - Keweenawan volcanic rocks of Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior, Ontario, an eruptive centre of Proterozoic age; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin no. 218
Publication Number: Bull 218 Page: 109-112 Date: 1975
Author: Annells, R.N.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103500
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: 172 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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