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| Record Name(s) | Vacher Lake - 1985, Northern Goulais - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Manganese
Township or Area: Wlasy
Latitude: 47° 13' 55.78" Longitude: -83° 56' 29.85"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 277339.429 Northing: 5235161.781 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41O04NW
Point Location Description: Iron formation
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: On the south shore of Vacher Lake, 2.55 kilometres east of the west boundary of Wlasy Township.
1960: Magnetometer survey and 5 d.d. holes for 1506 feet by Principle Strategic Minerals Ltd. 1962: Geol. and geophysical surveys by Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railways Ltd.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Early Precambrian
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Numerous, dominantly NW trending, scattered, small lenses of jasper chert magnetite lenses in Algoma Type iron formation within an area some 1.5 square miles. Drilling on the S end of Vacher Lake on two lenses 400 and 900 feet long, intersected from 7 to 89 feet (core lengths) of iron formation. In one hole 33 feet averaged 38.84% Fe, 0.23% Mn, 0.57% S and 0.034% P; in another, 89 feet averaged 26.4% Fe, 0.14% Mn, 0.065% P, 43.4% SiO2 and 0.30% S. (ODM 1968 MRC 11 P 44-45).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Jasper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chert | Economic | Gangue |
File - Resident Geologist files Wlasy-0010, Wlasy-0011
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Mississagi Reserve and Goulais River iron ranges, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM34D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Quinn Lake area (western half), District of Algoma
Publication Number: P1833 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1978
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mississagi Reserve and Goulais River iron ranges, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV34-04.001 Page: 32-33 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Quinn Lake area, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2580 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 159-160 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division
Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 44-45 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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