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| Record Name(s) | Carleton Prospect - 1969, ACR Anomaly #5 - 1962, Amax Naveau 1 - 1979, Transmission Line - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Gold, Zinc
Township or Area: Naveau
Latitude: 47° 55' 3.01" Longitude: -84° 40' 57.22"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 673141.21 Northing: 5309730.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Trench on powerline east of small lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive east along the Scott High Falls Road for 9.9 km to a bush road heading north (just before High Falls). Drive north for 1.7 km to the intersection of a powerline access road. Follow this road east for approximately 750 m to the iron formation.
1962: Algoma Central Railway: airborne geophysical survey. 1963 et al.: Joubin: mapping, ground geophysical survey. 1975: Asarco Exploratioin Co. - airborne geophysics. 1979: Amax Minerals Exploration - mapping, sampling, trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Naveau-0015C1/ 63.3740 | 41N15NE0753 | 41N15NE0753 |
| Naveau 0017A1 | 41N15NE1057 | 41N15NE1057 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granodiorite | 2 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted by a sulphide-facies iron formation that occurs at the contact between the Centennial Stock and the mafic tuffs and metasediments outcropping to the east.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Bornite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The sulphide iron formation contains lenses and beds of massive pyrrhotite with lesser amounts of pyrite. Minor chalcopyrite and sphalerite have also been observed. Chip samples collected by Amax returned Cu values ranging from 58 ppm to 4600 ppm; Zn values ranging from 40 ppm to 780 ppm; Ni values range from 18 ppm to 247 ppm. The best gold value returned 0.07 oz/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 20 | 180 | 90 |
File - Resident Geologist file Naveau 0010B1
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Naveau Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2683 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1983
Author: Massey N.W.D., Navratil S., Jennings E.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 82 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 295-296 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Mishewawa Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5532 Page: 98-100 Date: 1985
Author: Massey N.W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Naveau Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF134 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 216 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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