Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Neepatyre Mine - 1927, Walbridge Mine - 1925 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1979-Aug-29 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Calcite
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead
Township or Area: Neebing, Neebing
Latitude: 48° 23' 43.91" Longitude: -89° 23' 12.95"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 323317 Northing: 5363016.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A06NW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The site is located in the Neebing township, approximately 5km NE of Rosslyn village. Access is via Hwy 11/17, 6.5 km west from the Thunder Bay Expressway to the 25th Sideroad, (Turn right (north) on the 25th side road). The mine site is located to the east of the 25th side road at a point approximately 2km North of the highway.
1863- trench and 40 ft shaft sunk
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite, Quartz | 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 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Vein |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Vein |
Publication - Fort William and Port Arthur, and Thunder Cape Map-area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 167
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 167 Page: 144-146 Date: 1931
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 77 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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