Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Blake - 1889 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Blake
Latitude: 48° 12' 39.49" Longitude: -89° 26' 33.76"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 318535 Northing: 5342634 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A03NW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1889: prospecting and sampling.
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase Sill |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 28, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Minor disseminated chalcopyrite near the base of a diabase sill (Shklanka, 1969). The Engineering and Mining Journal reported in their Dec 21, 1889 edition that the Blake showing occurs in a conglomerate dyke, averaging over 9 m in width and outcrops for over 1.6 km, with assays from 7.35 to 15% Cu on the surface.
Map - Atikokan-Lakehead sheet, geological compilation series, Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2065 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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