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Record: MDI41O05SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Batchawana River Occurrence - 1968, Percy River - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Moggy

Latitude: 47° 19' 55.6"    Longitude: -83° 50' 11.56"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 285697.07   Northing: 5245973.53    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41O05SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 750 metres east of the west boundary of Moggy Township, 1.2 kilometres north of the south township boundary.



Exploration History

1973: Asarco Exploration Company of Canada Ltd. carried out airborne geophysical surveys (magnetometer and electromagnetic) over several townships.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Schembri-0011-A1 41O05NE0010 41O05NE0010

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Batchawana

Geological Age: Early Precambrian  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Oct 23, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - Banded ironstone in intermediate to mafic metavolcanics.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Rotunda Lake-Percy Lake, Algoma and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2478 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1983

Author: Wilson B.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Rotunda Lake-Percy Lake area, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: R229 Page: 25  Date: 1983

Author: Wilson B.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Rotunda Lake-Percy Lake area (eastern half), districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P2364 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Wilson B.C., Oiye S.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 365-366  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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: 160  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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