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| Record Name(s) | Renshaw-Kuneman - 1964 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Palladium
Township or Area: Spar And Victoria Islands Area
Latitude: 48° 5' 32.61" Longitude: -89° 19' 25.77"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 326967.87 Northing: 5329181.3 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A03SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1964: Z. Renshaw and N. Kuneman conducted stripping, trenching, sampling, and drilled 12 DDH totalling 383.4 m. 1973: Royex Mining Ltd. carried out magnetic and EM ground geophysical surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1365 | 52A03SW0003 | 52A03SW0003 |
| 10 | 52A03SW0001 | 52A03SW0001 |
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase Dyke | ||
| Mudstone | 3 | Shale |
Feb 28, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The island is underlain by shales of the Rove Formation intruded by a diabase sill and a wide gabbroic dyke, which forms a prominent ridge along the NW side of the island. Pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite are disseminated irregularly in the gabbro near the NE end of the island (Shklanka, 1969).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 28, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Massive to weakly disseminated copper-nickel sulphide mineralization with associated iron-titanium oxide phases are scattered throughout the gabbro dike as pods, blebs, and specks of pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite. Grab samples, taken by several OGS employees over the years along the north shore of the island at several localities yielded values ranging from 0.14 to 0.53% Cu, trace to 0.29% Ni, and up to 0.02 ounces per ton precious metals, mainly palladium. According to assessment data and to a report in the Northern Miner (1969), the following intersections were obtained by the diamond drillhole program in 1964: Hole No. 10, drilled at 30 degrees in a direction S45W, intersected 18.3 m of disseminated sulphide mineralization from 0.3-18.6 m, averaging 0.43% Cu and 0.16% Ni in addition to some precious metal values up to 0.02 ounces Au per ton. Two other holes reportedly intersected 0.28% Cu and 0.14% Ni over 16.8 m and 0.23% Cu and 0.11% Ni over 15.4 m respectively (Geul, 1973).
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 311 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Crooks Township, Jarvis and Prince locations, and offshore islands, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R102 Page: 38-39 Date: 1973
Author: Geul J.J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Article - Resident Geologist's Office, Port Arthur
Publication Number: PR1965-03.027 Page: 65 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Crooks Township, Prince and Jarvis locations, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MP022.009 Page: 25 Date: 1997
Author: Geul J.J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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