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Record Name(s) | Batlers Shaft - 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
Township or Area: Michipicoten Island Area
Latitude: 47° 45' 58.65" Longitude: -85° 54' 38.21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 581629.09 Northing: 5290899.63 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N13SW
Point Location Description: Shaft located east of the main Quebec Mine shaft
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by float plan from Wawa to Mishi Lake and then by overland traverse of 2600 m to the shaft.
1846-47: Upper Canada Mining Co. - undocumented work. 1860-75: Quebec and Lake Superior Mining Association - shaft sinking, shaft excavated to 360 ft; level developed at 350 ft; cross cut W to within 30 ft of Main Shaft workings. 1880-83: Michipicoten Native Copper Co. - undocumented work. 1885-88: M. Curtis - undocumented work; shaft sinking. 1942: M. J. O'Brien Ltd. - 2 ddh (7176.6 ft). 1951: Roche Long Lac Gold Mines Ltd. - geological mapping. 1955-56: American Metal Co. Ltd. - ground geophysical survey; 8 ddh (2878 ft). 1964: Parr Mines Ltd. - I. P. survey1984: Nearctic Resources Inc. - soil survey, 9 ddh (2215 ft).
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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41N13SW0015A1 | 41N13SW0007 | 41N13SW0007 |
41N13SW0013A1 | 41N13SW0015 | 41N13SW0015 |
41N13SW0018C1 | 41N13SW0500 | 41N13SW0500 |
41N13SW19C1 | 41N13SE0005 | 41N13SE0005 |
2.8487 | 41N13SW0001 | 41N13SW0001 |
63.4582 | 41N13SW0002 | 41N13SW0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Mesoarchean 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 |
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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 |
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
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
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