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Record: MDI42C03NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Anomaly Fl 3210a - 1983, Knicely A Sulphide Occurrence - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-09
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Knicely

Latitude: 48° 13' 30.09"    Longitude: -85° 0' 2.26"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 648491.13   Northing: 5343243.83    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C03NE

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access is best achieved via overland traverse from Lac a la Plonge and Sage Lake.



Exploration History

1980-83: International Corona Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, soil sampling, mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Keating-0017 42C07SW0031 42C07SW0031

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Tuff Host

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected at the contact between a mafic tuff and a diabase dike returned an assay of 140 ppm Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Knicely Township

Publication Number: OFM0220 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

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:


Book - Knicely Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Map - University River, Algoma and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2333 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 109  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 232  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Killins, Knicely and Lalibert Townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5589 Page: 73  Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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