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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI42C09SW00001

Record: MDI42C09SW00001

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) ACR Sample SA3-162 - 1962
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Simpson

Latitude: 48° 32' 26.51"    Longitude: -84° 15' 24.32"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 702476.792   Northing: 5380033.066    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42C09SW

Point Location Description: Grab sample at dike contact

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from Wabatonguishi Lake.



Exploration History

1962: Algoma Central Railway - prospecting.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Simpson-0010-A1 41N02NE0059 41N02NE0059
63A.574, Challener-0010 42C08NE8850 42C08NE8850

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Host
Granodiorite 2 Biotite Granodiorite Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample taken at the edge of a diabase dike returned an assay of 0.03% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Hornepayne sheet, districts of Algoma and Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury mining divisions, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0476 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Nameigos-Simpson area, Carney and Simpson townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0913 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1973

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Esnagi Lake, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2382 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1977

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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