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MDI42D14SE00024
| Record Name(s) | Ellis Lake - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Priske, Strey
Latitude: 48° 52' 3.52" Longitude: -87° 9' 35.24"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 488281.72 Northing: 5412754.91 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SE
Point Location Description: Unknown
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The showing is located approximately 0.4 km east of Ellis Lake, just north of a creek. It lies about 10 km northeast of Schreiber in Priske Township (claim map G 631, Priske Township). The occurrence is most easily accessible via aircraft to Ellis Lake.
Pre-1921: W. S. Jackson discovered copper pyrites on the east shore of Ellis Lake. 1980: A gold showing was discovered by M.W. Carter north(?) of Jackson's showings. 1982: A claim group was staked around Ellis Lake by G. Jerome. 1983: All interest was transferred to D. Sung Wing Tong. Airborne geophysical (magnetic, VLF EM) surveys were conducted for E. Zubroniewich by Aerodat Limited. 1984: All interest was transferred to Herdis International Canada Inc.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.6262 | 42D14SE0032 | 42D14SE0032 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Hopkins (1922, p.23) noted that: W.S. Jackson discovered small pockets of copper pyrites in Keewatin green schist on the east shore of Ellis Lake. Mapping by Carter (1981c) indicated that these aforementioned showings would be located on the southeastern shoreline of Ellis Lake, which is underlain by aphanitic mafic metavolcanics. Carter's (1981c) Ellis Lake occurrence is located immediately north of the felsic intrusive mafic metavolcanic contact which is delineated by the Ellis Lake fault. The showing is underlain by (hornblende) syenite diorite and lies within a mineralized northeasterly trending shear (zone). (Resident Geologist's Files, Schreiber Hemlo District, Thunder Bay).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Green Schist | Aphanitic | Host |
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| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Diorite | 3 | Hornblende Diorite | Sheared | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Carter (1981c) noted that: Gold in amounts of 0.01 ounces per ton and greater were obtained from previously known areas and also from mineralized northeasterly trending shears such as the Ellis Lake Occurrence.
Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Schreiber-Duck Lake area
Publication Number: ARV30-04.001 Page: 23 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Terrace Bay area, west sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2417 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 398-399 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Schreiber area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47J Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bartley M.W., Harcourt G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Schreiber-Duck Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARM30A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E., Tanton T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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