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Record: MDI52A06NW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Neepatyre Mine - 1927, Walbridge Mine - 1925
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1979-Aug-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Calcite

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead



Location

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.



Exploration History

1863- trench and 40 ft shaft sunk


Geology

Province: Southern

Formation Group: Animikie Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Calcite, Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CalciteEconomicOre
2GalenaEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicGangue
4ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
5SphaleriteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

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

Location:


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