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Emo Prospect

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039318
MRDS ID M046949
Record type Site
Current site name Emo Prospect
Alternate or previous names Young-Corrigan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.94609, 48.655 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI. W OF FORT FRANCES AND ABOUT 5 MI. WNW OF EMO ON THE C.N.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou OE N(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

International Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

International Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1957

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Rock unit name Dobie Intrusive Complex
    Rock description Dobie Intrusive Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.94609, 48.655
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusives

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulphides Occur In Fine-To-Medium Grained Lobes Of Norite Along The South Contact Of The Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Long Lac Mineral Expl'N Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNSTATED GRADE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: METALLURGICAL PROB. ASSOC. WITH AN EXCESS OF PYRRHOTITE IN DEPOSIT PREVENTS PROD. OF MARKETABLE GRADE OF CONCENTRATE. HIGHER GRADE SECTIONS ARE AMENDABLE TO TREATMENT, BUT TONNAGE IS SMALL. TONNAGE REPORTED IN 1957 SUITABLE FOR OPEN-PIT MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1973 - 74 : NO. MINER, P. 196

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

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