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Record: MDI42C03NW00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Anomaly Fl 3110b - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2000-Dec-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Knicely

Latitude: 48° 14' 56.9"    Longitude: -85° 0' 39.61"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 647651.22   Northing: 5345903.86    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C03NW

Point Location Description: Outcrops on east shore of No Fish Bay

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from the boat launch on Kabenung Lake.



Exploration History

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


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
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide-Facies Near
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were obtained from interbedded greywackes and silstones near an outcrop of banded iron formation.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from an outcrop of greywacke returned an assay of 550 ppb Au and 152 ppb Cu. Adjacent anomalies returned anomalous values in Mo, Pb from soils and rock samples.



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:


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

Publication Number: OFR5589 Page: 92  Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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