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Lake 23b 23b 5 6 12 17a S 5713475 p a 12 2 11 k 12 17a 3b 17a Lake 7 MDI000000000168 McCullagh Creek KAF-87-18 r i Norton Lake O Au u n 5 11 23b 295498 5712200 c e 12 17a ORDOVICIAN e 5 Sb ± (Au) 8 MDI52P12SW00013 55 ib Saburn 17a 10 McCullagh Creek Zinc 12 23b R 7 Pr Zn, Cu, Ag, Au 293900 e Lake e 55d Ontario Geological Survey 5710850 i m Tillett v Pikotowug 8 9 e r 55 MDI52P04NE00012 e ive Ta ± (Cs ± Li ± Rb) Sturdy (Hummingbird Lake) N R 5 Lake O Cu, Ni, Co r Lake ing Sebert 308017 5667992 Wabasiska Trad Maracle Lake 7 55e UPPER ORDOVICIAN 10 MDI52P04NE00009 La er Manitush 23b 23b Lake Zn ± (Ag ± Au ± Cu) Ontario Gold Joint Venture Pr Au Lake Jacobson ub 11 26a 23b 23b 321829 5670154 Lake Lake 12 Lake 23b 8 Misehkow River 15 5 55 Shale, Limestone, Dolostone, Siltstone er 5 23b MAP P.3611 11 MDI52P04NE00013 Riv ; 23b 78 Misehkow River Iron Pr Bay Fe s XW ; a 322202 5669152 12 ervi 23b 26a M bie Gurden 12 MDI52P04NE00011 Dome Misehkow River 312-001 50 J 11 5 23b Lake 12 Lake O Au 324920 Redfern 23b 23b ce 5670593 10 *# 15 55d Red Head Rapids Formation Type 13 MDI52P03NW00002 Dome Misehkow River 312-004 Lake 1 7 2 23b 50 PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY O Au 325680 5671293 12 15 Machawaian 79 3b 14 MDI52P03NW00003 15 17a Lake Dome Misehkow River 312-005 O 12 23b Au 326098 5671746 Ozhuskans 26a 17a 23b 23b " Felsic and intermediate intrusion-associated 15 MDI52P04SE00003 Rapids 17a 17a 1 B August Lake O Fe Kakagiwizida Lake 23b Brash Stark 23b 17a 23b 0 u 55e Churchill River Group 321001 5658618 Tullabee Lake 17a f deposit f 16 MDI52P03SW00003 5 Luther Lake Lake a GEOLOGICAL COMPILATION Greenmantle Lake Otoskwin-Attawapiskat River 12 23b l O Fe 340445 17a ake Sturrock o 12 5663546 12 23b Lake 12 ta L 11 Rylands 17a 10 s # Mafic and ultramafic volcanic/intrusion- 17 MDI52P03NE00003 45 A ir mat Lake k Heart Attack (Beavis) Lake Provincial Park lgu e Ar Lake 17a Offler Lake i O Fe 12 12 n PRECAMBRIAN associated deposit 354463 5669231 Lake R OF THE MIMINISKA LAKE– 18 MDI52P02NW00004 Jervis Bay ke 0 26a Leitch 8 a 17a 12 i 45 O Cu, Ni, Co Badesdawa 12 Lake L 11 Philbrook 12 17a Tett v 364251 5671085 g Titford 5 e Sediment-associated deposit n Lake Git ns r 19 MDI52P02NW00005 Gould Lake 11 Lake di Lake Anson Lake Lake ti X O Cu, Ni ra 23b 0 23 MESOPROTEROZOIC (1.0 TO 1.6 Ga) 367708 5672540 T b Lake FORT HOPE AREA, k 17a 17a 23b 20 MDI000000000143 e 12 1 5 Luella Lake O e 17a 23b 23b Oxtoby L ke 5 X Vein/replacement deposit Cu, Ni 375600 5673800 r 17a Beeswax a C 23 15 12 Goldspink 17a 21 MDI52P07SE00003 b 12 Lake 23b 5 33 Mafic Intrusive Rocks Weese Lake ik 23b Lake 2 # 3b O Cu, Ni, Ag, Au 385527 5683392 t 23b 17a Volcanic-associated deposits A 5 Cadman 33 17a 15 23b 55d 5 33a Mackenzie swarm (1267 Ma): diabase dikes UCHI DOMAIN 22 MDI000000000142 Sim Lake 40 Margaree 1 Lake 12 5 a 23b O Ni, Cu, Co, PGE Pipestone River k 23b 416900 5659700 Lake e 41 Staszuk 10 15 e 23 MDI52P08NW00006 Ryley–Cormac 11 r 34 6 Lake 40 5 XW Unknown deposit type O Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, Au Provincial Park C 30 15a T r Ingle Lake S 408225 5696580 15 17 yle 17a s XW 0 10 a Durnell 17a 17a 23b 24 XW PALEOPROTEROZOIC (1.6 TO 2.5 Ga) MDI52P08NW00004 11 a 29 Lake Gold Fields O l 11 Lake Halpin 10 Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, Au g Kenozhe 17a 409010 5696525 45′ 11 Talbot Keezhik 1 12 12 Fiddler 23b 15 25 MDI52P08NW00008 Skua u 3 XW 12 23b Lake 33a 10 Nyla O o Lake XW Lake XW 40 Lake Lake Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, Au 15 D 17 23b 26 Scale 1:250 000 410460 5698270 Shred Lake Lake ver 5 ; XW33 35 38 East 17a 23b a 55e Mafic Intrusive Rocks 26 MDI52P08NW00007 NJZ-76 g Ri XWXW 1 23b 17a 23b O Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, Au 12 adin 10 10 Arm 23b 17a 17a 12 15 26a Molson swarm, Pickle Crow subswarm (circa 1878 Ma): 410410 5697685 8 Tr 23b XW 39 15 15 23b 27 MDI52P08NW00005 Doorigan (Alpamayo) 35 23b XW 6 XW 12 Sherlock 1 diabase dikes ace O Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, Au 411800 23b 5 15a Orrell 26a 17a 23b 5000 m 0 5 10 km 5696725 Status 28 15 32 36XW37 5 Lake Lake 23b MDI52P08NW00003 Boylen, M.J.
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