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Record: MDI42G01SW00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Slack Township Occurrences - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Aug-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Slack

Latitude: 49° 1' 51.61"    Longitude: -82° 25' 58.44"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 395260.756   Northing: 5431891.273    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G01SW

Point Location Description: Outcrops of iron formation in NW Slack Township

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Kapuskasing via the Swanson Road. Drive south for approximately 45 km and then travel east along forestry access roads for another 2.5 km.



Exploration History

1959-61: Camflo Mattagami Mines Limited: staking; all exploration activity concentrated on iron formation in Fenton Township.


Geology

Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide Facies Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42G-01  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist files T-119

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Kapuskasing sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0398 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Saganash Lake area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1960A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: McMurchy R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Saganash Lake-Wakusimi River area

Publication Number: ARV69-03 Page: 15-17  Date: 1997

Author: McMurchy R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Operation Kapuskasing

Publication Number: MP010 Page: 58  Date: 1967

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 129  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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