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| Record Name(s) | Hand Lake Occurrence - 1979, Sleith Lake Copper 2 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Echum
Latitude: 48° 10' 44.63" Longitude: -84° 4' 44.78"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 717120.19 Northing: 5340328.8 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C01NE
Point Location Description: Grab sample just north of Dalton Mills
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Drive north along highway 651 to the Hand Lake (Sleith Lake) turnoff. From there walk north for approximately 500 m to the outcrop.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2350 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 233, P. 33
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pyroxenite | 1 | Pyroxenite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The rock is a coarse-grained biotite pyroxenite or lamprophyre.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1979 returned an assay of 0.14% cu and 0.01% Ni. The sample also returned 1000 ppm Cr and less than 1 ppm Ag. A sample collected by the OGS in 1983 returned 20 ppb au, tr Cu, Tr, Pb, tr Ni and tr Zn.
Folio - Echum Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF299 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
Map - Matchinameigus Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2483 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matchinameigus Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R233 Page: 25, 33 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 170 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 23 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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