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MDI42C12NW00014
| Record Name(s) | Highway Porphyry - 1991, Mile 38 Occurrence - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bomby
Latitude: 48° 41' 29.89" Longitude: -85° 57' 18.59"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 576892 Northing: 5393704 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42C12NW
Point Location Description: Point 100 from OGS map M2614
Location Method: Data Compilation
This occurrence is noted on OGS maps M2452 and M2614, but there are no assessment files on record that mention it.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Porphyry-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 29, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Muir (2000) describes the occurrence as having up to 15% pyrite and assayed up to 2.09 ppm Au from a sheared, brecciated, rusty, banded, pyritic sericite schist.
Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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