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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52B07SW00003

Record: MDI52B07SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mowe Lake - 1936
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jun-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Saganagons Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 21' 6.96"    Longitude: -90° 46' 24.08"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 664960   Northing: 5357813    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B07SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1936: T.L. Tanton noted a copper occurrence about 1219 m west of the north end of Mowe Lake.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.13221 52B07SW0001 52B07SW0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 25, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Minor chalcopyrite with a small quartz vein in chlorite schist (Shklanka, 1969).



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Saganagons Lake area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R066 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Harris F.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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