Scientific data near [49.16670,-89.61670]

Search area extends approximately 1.1 km east-west and 1.7 km north-south.

Geographic context

Canadian census divisions
Thunder Bay	District
Ontario	Province
Canada	Cross reference of political and quadrangles
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
LAC DES ILES	1:50,000 scale quadrangle
NIPIGON	1:250,000 scale quadrangle
Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Ontario	province
Canada	country
North America	continent
Land	continent

Major mineral deposits of the world

Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Commodity
Lac des Iles	Igneous	Palladium, platinum, gold

Global distribution of selected mines, deposits, and districts of critical minerals

Approximate locations and short descriptions of mines, deposits, and districts where critical minerals are found. The critical minerals are discussed in USGS Professional Paper 1802 many of these locations are described in further detail in that report.

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Site name	Critical minerals	Deposit type
Lac des Iles	Platinum-Group Elements	Atypical; pipe-like ore bodies

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Pacific Margin	porphyry copper	Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia.