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| Record Name(s) | Umex Anomaly Wa 1-28 - 1974 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Killins
Latitude: 48° 13' 34.6" Longitude: -85° 10' 43.41"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 635261.29 Northing: 5343053.95 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NE
Point Location Description: Drill collar for Umex ddh WA - 8
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Eagle River Mine/Paint Lake road. Drive west along the road for approximately 15.5 km to a disused forestry road following the south shore of the University River. The old drill collar is on the west side of the road.
1973-74: Umex Corporation Ltd. - ariborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (298 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Bird 0011 | 42C01NW0012 | 42C01NW0012 |
| Killins-0010-C1 | 42C06SE0031 | 42C06SE0031 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Greywacke | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted within thintly laminated siltstones, mudstones and graphitic shales. The unit has been interpreted as iron formation by R. Sage. The sediments host narrow bands of pyrite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best analysis from drill core returned a value of 0.02% Cu, 0.06% Zn and trace gold values.
Map - Precambrian Geology, Killins Township
Publication Number: OFM0219 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Killins, Knicely and Lalibert Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5589 Page: 69 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
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