Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Weiss-Cooper Occurrence - 1950, East Brudon Occurrence - 9999, McTavish Option - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Jun-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Watten
Latitude: 48° 41' 59.79" Longitude: -93° 5' .5"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 493858.056 Northing: 5394103.949 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C11NE
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Data Compilation
1950: trenching 1966: 30 m of DD in one hole. Intersected gabbro and chlorite schist. Mineralization included py, po and cpy. 1971: 109 m of DD in one hole. Intersected mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks. Best assays yielded 0.22% Cu, 0.06% Zn and 0.02% Ni over 2.1 m. Mineralization included py, po and cpy. 1972: ground geophysical surveys 1976-77: trenching, stripping, geological survey. 450 m of DD in 3 holes. Lithologies included gabbro and schists. Mineralization included py, po and cpy. 1990: airborne EM survey.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Fort Frances-Mine Centre
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (P Hinz) - Lithologies intersected in drilling included gabbro, intermediate metavolcanic rocks and chlorite schists.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Rice Bay, Rainy Lake, Rainy River District
Publication Number: M2278 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Rainy Lake area, District of Rainy River
Publication Number: R115 Scale: Date: 1974
Author: Harris F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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