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| Record Name(s) | Algoma Steel Anomaly #5 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Apr-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Naveau
Latitude: 47° 53' 3.13" Longitude: -84° 41' 6.96"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 673050.02 Northing: 5306023.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Gossan on south side of 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 anomaly is by a series of overgrown logging roads around the south end of Mishewawa Lake and from the south side of High Falls dam.
1962: Algoma and Hudson Bay Railway - airborne geophysics. 1981-82: Algoma Steel Corporation - ground geophysics, mapping.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The conductor is exposed along a cliff face. It consists of narrow bands of pyrite enclosed within a weakly magnetic metasedimentary or metavolcanic unite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Weak | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - No assays are reported associated with this anomaly.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 |
File - Resident Geologist files WP_Rabazo-22, Nebonaionquet.2
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Location: SSM RGP office
Folio - Naveau Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF134 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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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