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Record: MDI42D10NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cove Island - 1991
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-01
Date Last Modified 2022-May-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

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.



Exploration History

Float likely discovered by Sage mapping party in 1974.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (B Schnieders) - The geology of the bedrock where the float is located is described by Sage (1990).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Location:


File - Thunder Bay Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date:

Author:

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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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