Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Pope Lake - 1984, Sample 84-179 - 1984 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Mutrie
Latitude: 49° 52' 34.65" Longitude: -93° 13' .33"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 484425.83 Northing: 5524898.92 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F14NE
Point Location Description: property description in OFR5718
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The deposit is at the southwest corner of Pope Lake and can be reached by traversing through the bush from an old disused logging road that leaves a township road.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Jan 20, 2014 (A Wilson) - The rocks are exposed only sporadically along the lakeshore. The graphitic rock is fine-grained rusty weathering metasediment containing a small amount of disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite. The rock is foliated 110/75 ° to 80 ° N.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 20, 2014 (A Wilson) - Fine disseminated graphite flakes make up less than 1% of the rock. Grab samples collected from the area returned 180 ppm Cu and 930 ppm Zn.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Mono - An evaluation of the industrial mineral potential of parts of the districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: OFR5718 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Geological series, Operation Kenora-Ear Falls, Dryden-Vermilion Bay sheet, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P1203 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Breaks F.W., Bond W.D., Westerman C.J., Harris N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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