Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42D10NW00004
Record Name(s) | Cove Island - 1991 |
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Related Record Type | Partial |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Apr-01 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Slate Islands Area
Latitude: 48° 38' 1.18" Longitude: -86° 57' 51.93"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 502621.162 Northing: 5386733.596 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D10NW
Point Location Description: Float on shoreline.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The float is shown on the geological map OFR 5435 (Sage, 1983), and Map 2523, located on the SE end of Patterson Island (Slate Islands). The actual float location is marked approximately 200 m NW of Cove Island.
Float likely discovered by Sage mapping party in 1974.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Schnieders) - The geology of the bedrock where the float is located is described by Sage (1990).
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Precambrian geology, Slate Islands
Publication Number: M2523 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1991
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Geology of the Slate Islands
Publication Number: OFR5435 Page: 211-212 Date: 1984
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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File - Thunder Bay Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
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Mono - Geology of the Slate Islands
Publication Number: OFR5435 Date: 1984
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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