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Mcwalters

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, 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. Ore body information
  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 10095409
MRDS ID M046963
Record type Site
Current site name Mcwalters

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.03588, 48.30833 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1964

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result METALLURGICAL TESTS INDICATE 85 % RECOVERY WITH NI. CONCENTRATE OF 15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Keewatin Mafic Volcanics
    Rock description Keewatin Mafic Volcanics
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.03588, 48.30833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulphides Occur As Veinlets, Pods, Disseminations Or Less Commonly As Massive Zones In The Central Portion Of Lenses Of Serpentinized Peridotite-Diorite Intruding Keewatin Mafic Volcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1961

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coldstream M.L.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON CORPORATE PRIORITIES OF SHERIDAN GEOPHYSICS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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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