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| Record Name(s) | Carpenter Lake - 1934, Matapesatakun Bay A - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Sep-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Matapesatakun Bay Area
Latitude: 51° 11' 30.29" Longitude: -90° 44' 2.21"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 658342.83 Northing: 5673588.76 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52O02NE
Point Location Description: Small dot located above the 'm' in Pegmatite noted just east of Carpenter Lake on map 44f.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Carpenter Lake is located 48 km southwest of Pickle Lake. The occurrence is located in outcrops near the south shore of the narrows leading to the large western expansion of Carpenter Lake. (Harding, 1935) Access to Carpenter Lake is by appropriately equipped aircraft from Pickle Lake.
The occurrence was located in 1934 by an Ontario Department of Mines geological mapping party, lead by W.D. Harding. No other exploration work is reported on this occurrence.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Meen-Dempster
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Pegmatite Dykes | Host |
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| Granite | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Muscovite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 15, 2020 (B Nelson) - Mineralization occurs in the pegmatite dyke. Near the south shore of the narrows leading to the large western expansion of Carpenter lake, flakes of molybdenite occur in pegmatite dikes which cut the granite (Harding, 1935)
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
Map - Cat River-Kawinogans Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44F Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Cat Lake-Pickle Lake area, districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R207 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Cat River-Kawinogans Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-06.002 Page: 69 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Cat Lake-Pickle Lake, geological compilation series, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2218 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W., Troup W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 46 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian geology, Muskegsagagen-Bancroft lakes area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: M2507 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1986
Author: Stott G.M., Wilson A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral Deposits of the Central Portion of Uchi Subprovince, Volume 1, Meen Lake to Kesagiminnis Lake Portion
Publication Number: OFR5869 Page: 40-41 Date: 1993
Author: Seim G.Wm.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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