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| Record Name(s) | Reed Lake Sulphide Occurrence - 1992, Ss-925-19 - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Apr-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Naveau
Latitude: 47° 54' .12" Longitude: -84° 42' 58.82"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 670675.1 Northing: 5307713.63 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Gossan outcrop west of logging road
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east from Highway 17 along the Scott Falls access road. Cross the power dam and follow a sequence of disused bush roads south of the power line on the south side of the Michpicoten River. Access to the site is by a series of overgrown logging roads around the south end of Mishewawa Lake and from the south side of High Falls dam.
1992-93: Reed Lake Exploration Ltd. - prospecting, ground geophysical survey, soil survey, mapping.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Sheared | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated zinc values were obtained from a gossanous zone at the sheard contact between felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected in 1992 returned 1515 ppm Zn.
File - Resident Geologist files WP Naveau.13, WP Naveau.14
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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
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