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Record: MDI41N16SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dave Lake Property - 1963, Cominco DDH Dl-1 - 1965, Seigel Anomaly 1 - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jun-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Saunders

Latitude: 47° 47' 18.6"    Longitude: -84° 11' 43.76"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 710049.48   Northing: 5296602.38    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N16SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim SSM67001

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1963: Algoma Central Railway - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping. 1965: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (245 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Saunders-0011-A1 41N16SE0905 41N16SE0905
WP NEBONAIN.2
Saunders-0013-A1 41N16SE0007 41N16SE0007
Saunders-0012-A1 41N16SE0004 41N16SE0004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Hanging Wall
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 3 Chlorite Footwall
Vein 4 Quartz-Calcite Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of hornblende gabbro, altered mafic metavolcanics and chlorite schist. The altered metavolcanics show strong silicification. Narrow quartz-calcite veins are common throughout the sequence.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.03% Cu over 8 ft in altered basic metavolcanics.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file WP Nebonain.2

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Location: SSM RGP office


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: 75-76  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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: 224  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Manitouwadge-Wawa sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2220 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1972

Author: Milne V.G., Giblin P.E., Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Wolfe W.J., Giguere J.F., Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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