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Record: MDI42E13SW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Coleman-Gray - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Sep-21
Date Last Modified 2022-May-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Pifher

Latitude: 49° 48' .95"    Longitude: -87° 52' 14.59"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 437340.327   Northing: 5516787.131    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E13SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1956-61: Trenching, EM and MAG surveys and intermittent diamond drilling by J.J. Gray.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.803 42E13SW0089 42E13SW0089



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1
Intermediate Tuff 2 schistose

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
5SphaleriteEconomicOre
6GoldEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - The main mineralized area is located on leased claim T.B. 65333. Mineralization consist* ef pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite associated with narrow fractures in intercalated schistose tuff and intermediate volcanics. 3,000 feet SW of the main showing, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite occur associated with quartz-carbonate stringers in metavolcanics (Shklanka, 1969).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 299  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

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Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP


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