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| Record Name(s) | Driftstone Copper Occurrence - 2003 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Dec-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | B Schnieders |
| Revised By | B Schnieders |
Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Gtp Block 3
Latitude: 48° 57' 6" Longitude: -88° 30' 2.3"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 390135 Northing: 5423167.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A16NW
Point Location Description: Gravel Pit
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The float was picked up in a gravel pit on the Driftstone Lake Road. The occurrence is located in the south central portion of Hele tp.
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (B Schnieders) - A float boulder was discovered in a gravel pit by E. Dampier. The rock was described as highly magnetic, (magnetite-rich). dark black, no litho structure visible, possible covellite? blebs, plus chalcopyrite, and extensive malachite development on surface. Sample 91-BDA-01 assayed 0.005 oz./t Au, 1.188 % Cu, 0.018 % Ni and 0.021 % Zn (Resident Geologist's Files, Thunder Bay). The area is mapped (Map 2236) as diabase overlying Sibley Group metasedimentary rocks.
Book - MINERAL DEPOSIT FILES, OGS, THUNDER BAY
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Map - Shillabeer Creek sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2236 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1971
Author: Coates M.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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