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Record: MDI42C04NW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lorne Prospect - 1902, McDougall Lake Occurrence - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Sep-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: McDougall Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 9' 30.61"    Longitude: -85° 47' 58.04"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 589279.87   Northing: 5334614.24    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04NW

Point Location Description: Adit on shoreline of McDougall Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Wawa.



Exploration History

1902: L. McDougall - 15 ft adit. 1954: Hollinger Consolidated Gold MInes Ltd. - dip needle survey, prospecting, mapping.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Hornblende Host
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2MagnetiteEconomicOre
1LimoniteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Samples collected in 1905 returned values of 25.72% Fe, 40.92% Fe, 40.17% Fe and 53.75% Fe.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: None

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 132.5 43.9 60

References

File - Resident Geologist files McDougall Lake Area 10, McDougall Lake Area 11

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Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Map of the Michipicoten iron ranges, west of the Magpie River

Publication Number: ARM14A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Bell J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Iron ranges of Michipicoten West

Publication Number: ARV14-01.012 Page: 337-338  Date: 1998

Author: Bell J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Mishibishu Lake area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49J Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Evans E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 416  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 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: 346  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Operation Pukaskwa, Pukaskwa River sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P0506 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 262  Date: 1991

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Geology, structure and economic geology of the Mishibishu Lake area

Publication Number: OFR5774 Page: 156-158  Date: 1991

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Reilly B.A., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pukaskwa River sheet

Publication Number: P3150 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1992

Author: Reid R.G., Bowen R.P., Heather K.B., Logothetis J., Reilly B.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R153 Page: 48  Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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: 110  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, north-central section, districts of Thunder Bay and Algoma

Publication Number: P2969 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1986

Author: Bowen R.P., Logothetis J., Heather K.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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