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Record: MDI42G05SE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) R. Campbell Property - 1960, Mattawitchewan River Occurrence - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Aug-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-01
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Caithness

Latitude: 49° 18' 18.03"    Longitude: -83° 32' .52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 315838   Northing: 5464451    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G05SE

Point Location Description: Trenches on former claim SSM 58835

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible from Hearst by driving south along routh 583 for approximatley 36.5 km and then via overland traverse for approximately 1.5 km.



Exploration History

1960: R. Campbell - trenching, 2 ddh (205 ft).


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Amphibolite Host
Sulphide Ironstone 2 Sulphide-Facies Host
Granodiorite 3 Sheared Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

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: Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


File - Resident Geologist file T-2207

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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

Publication Number: P0397 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 - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Caithness, and parts of Scholfield, Pelletier and Doherty townships, Hearst-Kapuskasing area, Algoma and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: P2961 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1986

Author: Berger B.R., MacMillan D.W., Roy P.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Operation Kapuskasing

Publication Number: MP010 Page: 56  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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Map - Hearst-Kapuskasing sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 106-107  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Hearst-Kapuskasing area

Publication Number: OFR5599 Page: 48  Date: 1986

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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