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Record: MDI52A05NE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) M. Johnson - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Conmee

Latitude: 48° 29' 14.37"    Longitude: -89° 40' 28.89"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 302375   Northing: 5373922    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52A05NE, 52A12SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1969: M. Johnson dug a pit 8 by 5 by 4 feet deep.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Shebandowan

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1
Breccia-unsubdivided 2

Lithology Comments

Mar 23, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The occurrence is located on the Johnson farm, Concession 6, Lot 4, Conmee Township. Bedrock is a fine-grained buff weathering felsic volcanic breccia consisting of moderately angular fragments, 1.25 cm in diameter to some measuring 17.8 by 10.2 cm. The felsic fragments are fine grained, cream to pinkish on fresh surface, partly epidotized, and weather to a chalky textured, buff coloured surface. The enclosing matrix material is very fine grained and dark grey in colour (Kustra, 1970).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 23, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Chalcopyrite occurs as irregularly distributed patches and fracture fillings, in amounts 2-5%. A grab sample of the better mineralized material returned 0.04 opt Au (1.24 gpt Au), 0.63% CU and trace amounts of silver and nickel (Kustra, 1970).



Mineral Record Details

References

Article - Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: MP033.003 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Kustra C.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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