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Record: MDI41N13SW00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Office Shaft - 1863
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 2001-Aug-07
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Michipicoten Island Area

Latitude: 47° 45' 49.19"    Longitude: -85° 54' 48.98"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 581409.08   Northing: 5290604.62    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N13SW

Point Location Description: Shaft located to south of 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.



Exploration History

1846-47: Upper Canada Mining Co. - undocumented work. 1860-75: Quebec and Lake Superior Mining Accociation - shaft sinking, shaft sunk to 90 feet, connected to Main Shaft on 1st level. 1880-83: Michipicoten Native Copper Co. - undocumented work. 1885-88: M. Curtis - undocumented work; shaft sinking. 1942: M. J. O'Brien Lte. - 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. - IP survey. 1984: Nearctic Resources Inc. - soil survey, 9 ddh (2215 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
41N13SW0013A1 41N13SW0015 41N13SW0015
41N13SW0018C1 41N13SW0500 41N13SW0500
41N13SW18A1 41N13SW9243 41N13SW9243
41N13SW0015A1 41N13SW0007 41N13SW0007
41N13SW14 41N12NW9242 41N12NW9242
41N13SW19C1 41N13SE0005 41N13SE0005
2.8487 41N13SW0001 41N13SW0001
63.4582 41N13SW0002 41N13SW0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic   Geochronological Age: 1.1 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Olivine Tholeiite Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

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


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: Timmins RGP


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