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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52B13SE00034

Record: MDI52B13SE00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Smokey - 1991, Smokey Extension - 1991
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-01
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Schwenger

Latitude: 48° 47' 34.7"    Longitude: -91° 30' 15.34"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 609853.269   Northing: 5405520.787    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B13SE, 52B14SW

Point Location Description: Trenching and stripping

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Access is via Highway 622, to the Ontario Hydro access road for a total distance of approximately 30 km from Atikokan.



Exploration History

1973-1974: W. H. McIlwaine and assistants mapped the area for the OGS. 1981: Occurrence discovered by Atikokan Geologist Program, staked by M. Wicheruk. 1982: Trenching, stripping and sampling performed by Fern Elizabeth Gold Mining Company Limited.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10GalenaEconomicOre
15HematiteEconomicOre
20MalachiteEconomicOre
25PyriteEconomicOre
30SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 446-449  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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