Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI52A04SE00007
| Record Name(s) | McCuaig Float - 1903, Isotalo - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Township or Area: Pardee
Latitude: 48° 3' 4.32" Longitude: -89° 41' 49.59"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 299014.84 Northing: 5325510.34 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A04SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1903: staked by J.A. McCuaig. Pre-1935: pit dug to a depth of 3 m in large boulder. 1936: United States Refining and Mining Co. completed a ground magnetometer survey. 1942: Frobisher Exploration Co. Ltd. conducted a ground magnetometer survey. 1942: a bulk sample was sent to Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. for a floatation test. 1949-50: J.A. McCuaig conducted trenching, stripping, and drilled 1 DDH totalling 61 m. 1967: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. conducted geophysical surveys. 1972: the Hanna Mining Company conducted geological mapping, mag and EM geophysical surveys. 1999: Gitchee Gummee Gold conducted mag and VLF ground geophysical surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.20181 | 52A04SE2006 | 52A04SE2006 |
| 63.6138 | 52A04SW0101 | 52A04SW0101 |
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Host |
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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 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 02, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite was found in Late Precambrian gabbro boulders in glacial drift. The float was laid on sedimentary rocks of the Rove Formation and led to the discovery of the Great Lake Nickel Corporation Ltd. mine prospect. A grab sample of gabbro taken by an OGS geologist from the pit in boulders was assayed as 0.23% Cu, 0.18% Ni, and a trace Pd (Geul, 1970). In 1982, RGP staff member J. Scott collected Sample JS-ISO-4, which assayed 3800 ppm Cu, 82 ppm Co, and 1890 ppm Ni (RGP mineral deposit files, Thunder Bay office). Sample SBDY, collected 600 m NW of the McCuaig Occurrence, assayed 4388 ppm Cu and 1055 ppm Ni (AFRI 52A04SW0101).
MonoMap - Geology of Devon and Pardee townships and the Stuart Location, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R087 Page: 39-41 Date: 1970
Author: Geul J.J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 345 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Copper-Nickel Mineral Occurrences in Pigeon River Area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 35-1
Publication Number: GSC Paper 35-1 Page: 1-3 Date: 1935
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101044
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