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| Record Name(s) | Dalton Project - 1956, Dalton-Frobisher Prospect - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Iron
Township or Area: Dolson
Latitude: 48° 9' 19.19" Longitude: -84° 12' 1.18"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 708206.16 Northing: 5337355.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C01NE
Point Location Description: Drill collars in central Dolson Township
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by helicopter. Alternatively, the site can be reached by overland traverse from the west shore of Matchinameigus Lake.
1955-60: Frobisher Limited and Hopkins Exploration Consultants Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, gamma radiation survey, mapping, 7 ddh (2995 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Dolson 0012 | 42C01NE8797 | 42C01NE8797 |
| Dolson 0013 | 42C01NE0419 | 42C01NE0419 |
| Dolson 0015 | 42C01NE8667 | 42C01NE8667 |
| Dolson 0010-B1 | 42C01NE0415 | 42C01NE0415 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Magnetite Ironstone | 1 | Magnetite Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Near | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected about 8 feet of iron formation containing narrow bands of pyrrhotite. The iron formation is interbedded with mafic metavolcanic rocks and wacke-argillite metasedimentary rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab samples collected in 1956 returned 0.05% Cu, 0.07% Cu over 7 feet and 0.06% Cu over 5.5 feet.
Map - Matchinameigus Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2483 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
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:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 46 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 76 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matchinameigus Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R233 Page: 32 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 166 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Dolson Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF298 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
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: 5 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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