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Record: MDI41P08NE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) First Bay - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Aug-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-31
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Barr

Latitude: 47° 26' 9.28"    Longitude: -80° 0' 53.47"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 574284.676   Northing: 5254077.693    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P08NE

Point Location Description: Pit symbol between veins just NW of Property symbol 36 (Map 2257)

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 31, 2023 (Q Unknown) - A pit was dug on quartz-carbonate-epidote vein containing pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. A grab sample from that vein returned 0.38% Cu, 0.25% Pb, trace Ni and Zn.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Makobe Lake, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2257 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1973

Author: Card K.D., McIlwaine W.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Maple Mountain area, districts of Timiskaming, Nipissing and Sudbury

Publication Number: R106 Page: 96  Date: 1973

Author: Card K.D., McIlwaine W.H., Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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