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| Record Name(s) | Bonner Location - 1863, Bonner Bay - 1863 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2001-Aug-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Michipicoten Island Area
Latitude: 47° 47' 18.09" Longitude: -85° 46' 45.04"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 591439 Northing: 5293499 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N13SW
Point Location Description: Shaft and adit approximately 600 m west of Bonner Creek
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Float plane landed on an unnamed lake 10.9km east of the Beach Showing. A shaft Is located 6m from the beach and 12m from Lake Superior. An adit is located 7m south of the shaft.
1863: shaft excavated to 30 m, 8 m long adit excavated approximately 7 m south of the shaft. 1956: Aries Copper Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1960's: Selection Trust: 3 ddh, soil geochemistry. 1966-67: Advance Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. - 3 ddh (3198 ft), mapping. 1984: Nearctic Resources Inc. - exploratory licence of occupation.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 41N13SW0016 | 41N13SW0006 | 41N13SW0006 |
| 41N13SW0012A1 | 41N13SW0011 | 41N13SW0011 |
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 Tholeiite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Felsite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The basalt is described as amygdaloidal with interbeds of coarser grained material. THe best copper values were obtained from a coarse gabbroic unit approximately 80 feet in thickness.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Analcite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples reportedly collected near this site in the 1860's returned copper values ranging from 10.28% - 44.70% and nickel values ranging from 17.03% - 36.39%. Native copper was intersected in the diamond drill holes completed by Advance Red Lake in the 1960's. The best intersections were 0.25% Cu over 5 ft. and 0.53% Cu over 5 ft. Native copper was found in calcite-analcite veinlets. W. G. Miller notes that the shaft was sunk to work a remarkable deposit of native copper and silver, which were found disseminated in grains through a green hydrous silicate of nickel. The ore being stamped, the nickel, whose value was not suspected, was washed away from the residue of native metals, which gave, in one trial, twelve parts of silver and 88 of copper.
Map - Geology, Michipicoten Island, Ontario
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: 307 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: GSC 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: 162 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission, with appendix
Publication Number: OP01 Page: 26 Date: 1997
Author: Holloway G.T., Miller W.G., Young M., Gibson T.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The cobalt-nickel arsenides and silver deposits of Temiskaming (Cobalt and adjacent areas), chapters 1, 2 and 3
Publication Number: ARV19-02.001 Page: 209 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G., Burrows A.G., Hore R.E., DeLury J.S., Knight C.W., Stewart R.B., Collins W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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