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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52B09NW00023

Record: MDI52B09NW00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shewan Copper - 1979, Whalen - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jul-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Haines

Latitude: 48° 38' 9.42"    Longitude: -90° 23' 24.87"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 692263.28   Northing: 5390274.69    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B09NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1957: Upper Shebandowan Mines Ltd. drilled five holes totaling 533 m. 1974: Falconbridge Ltd. completed 5.3 line-km of Magnetic and VLF plus 3.2 line-km of IP surveys. 1997: completed 1 out of five hole drills SW of the occurrence. 2011: Prospectors Wiwcharyk carried out overbudern stripping and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52B09NW2001 52B09NW2001 52B09NW2001
25 52B09NW0062 52B09NW0062
2.1145 52B09NW0048 52B09NW0048
2.52545 20000007526 20000007526

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Shebandowan

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Geology of the Kashabowie area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R053 Page: 28  Date: 1968

Author: Hodgkinson J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 293  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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