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Record: MDI42C04SW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Loon Lake Occurrence - 1969, Asarco Grid T-67a - 1972
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Camp Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 0' 21.03"    Longitude: -85° 47' 55.78"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 589591.24   Northing: 5317647.47    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C04SW

Point Location Description: Gossan in gabbro on shore of Loon Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1972: Asarco Exploration Company - prospecting. 1983: Cotton Valley Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1988: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - mapping, geochemistry, prospecting.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP CAMP LAKE.5 42C04SW0003 42C04SW0003
41N13NE-0014 42C04SE8880 42C04SE8880

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1, P. 494



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files St. Germain-0010

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Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Precambrian geology, Mishibishu Lake area, Pipe Lake sheet

Publication Number: P3154 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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Folio - Camp Lake area, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division, NTS No. 42C/04SW

Publication Number: GDIF589 Date: 1997

Author: Wawa RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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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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 - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 134  Date: 1991

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: P2968 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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