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MDI41O10NE00050
| Record Name(s) | Rio Tinto DDH 11-1 - 1959, Siragusa #30 - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Cunningham
Latitude: 47° 40' 26.77" Longitude: -82° 38' 6.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 377261.58 Northing: 5281374.2 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NE
Point Location Description: outcrop
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: This site was not visited by the OGS.
1959: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration - diamond drilling. 1971: Dome Exploration - diamond drilling. 1982-85: Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling, ground magnetometer, VLF, HLEM surveys, geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2060 | 41O10NE0085 | 41O10NE0085 |
| T-2010 | 41O10NE0111 | 41O10NE0111 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Hong Kong
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Two holes drilled into a mineralized graphitic zone assayed up to 0.02 oz/t Auover 5.8 feet, 0.5% Zn over 3 feet and 0.20% Cu over 2.2 feet.
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 82 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-2512
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Cunningham Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2339 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Cunningham and Garnet townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2503 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 274 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Page: 65 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 123-124 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Cunningham Township - Unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGO
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