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Record: MDI52A12SW00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W. Hayne - 1991, Shabaqua Cu - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Zinc, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Laurie

Latitude: 48° 34' 59.87"    Longitude: -89° 54' 38.57"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 285344.23   Northing: 5385225.21    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52A12SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Past ownership and development history is unknown, however, several small test pits are prsent on the property. 1979: W. Bayne of Thunder Bay did prospecting work.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AzuriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3MalachiteEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 23, 2016 (Andrew Tims) - shear zone and associated veins strike 145° and dip- 70° north to vertical. The veins are composed of carbonate with some brecciated quartz. The veins range in width up to 31 centimetres with a traceable strike length of 12 metres. Visible mineralization . includes chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite and pyrite. Accessory minerals consist of chlorite and sericite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey

Publication Number: OFR5539 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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