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Record: MDI41O04SW00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Private Lake-Northwest - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-28
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lunkie

Latitude: 47° 2' 2.27"    Longitude: -83° 53' 46.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 279950   Northing: 5213010    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41O04SW

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: 3.7 kilometres west of the east boundary of Lunkie Township, 3.0 kilometres south of the north township boundary.



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Batchawana

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Chert 1 graphitic
Siltstone 2
Felsic Tuff 3

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Sulphides in graphitic chert / siltstone units in felsic tuffs.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre
3ChertEconomicGangue
4GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Cowie Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2426 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1979

Author: Grunsky E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Cowie Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R192 Page: 49  Date: 1980

Author: Grunsky E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Lunkie Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF305 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Cowie Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P1562 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1978

Author: Grunsky E.C., Arengi J.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Welcome Lake-Ranger Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P3064 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1987

Author: Grunsky E.C.

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  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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