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Record: MDI42C08SW00173

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pine Lake Iron - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2000-Nov-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-08
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Jacobson

Latitude: 48° 17' 50.98"    Longitude: -84° 24' 15.62"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 692501.42   Northing: 5352622.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C08SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for BP-1 on former claim SSM 28242

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access is via an 18 km all-weather gravel road that turns off of highway 519 just west of the town of Dubreuilville. Dubreuilville is on highway 519, 44 km east of the junction of Highway 17 and 519. From the junction of the old and new Goudreau Road, drive east approximately 3.5 km to the south end of Pine Lake. The occurrence can be accessed by canoe from the south end of Pine Lake.



Exploration History

1933: Algoma Ore Properties Ltd. - 1 ddh ( 959 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Jacobson-0010-A1 20000005074 20000005074

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2750 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Magnetite Ironstone 1 Magnetite-Facies Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Magnetite-facies iron formation was intersected at depth within a sequence of mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Over a width of 61 ft. the sulphur content averaged 9.7% and the iron content ranged from 10-36%.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian geology, Jacobson Township

Publication Number: P3170 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1990

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 91  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Jacobson Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF111 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 17  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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: 194  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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