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| Record Name(s) | Inco Gold Showing - 2004 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2010-Feb-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead
Township or Area: Fraleck
Latitude: 46° 53' 39.61" Longitude: -80° 49' 53.57"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 512831.999 Northing: 5193436.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15NW
Point Location Description: precise
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Pre 1980: Inco Gold Ltd. - sampling, trenching, 1986-2004: J. Brady - sampling, stripping, trenching. 2004: Champion Bear Resources Limited - sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 41I15NW2001 | 41I15NW2001 | 41I15NW2001 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Sheared | Host |
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Mar 11, 2010 (A Wilson) - The host rock is a medium to coarse-grained gabbro that appears to have intruded the local metasedimentary rocks. The localized shear zones contain narrow mineralized quartz veins.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 3 | Malachite | Economic And Alteration | Ore | 1 | |||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 11, 2010 (A Wilson) - Mineralization occurs within 2 separate shear systems within a gabbro sill. Grab samples collected by Inco Gold returned assays up to 8.87 g/t gold. Grab samples collected by Champion Bear Minerals returned assays up to 6720 ppm Cu. Anomalous zinc values (up to 966 ppm Zn) and lead values (up to 584 ppm Pb) also were returned from samples collected by Champion Bear Minerals.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
Map - Roberts, Creelman, and Fraleck townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2212 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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MonoMap - Geology of Roberts, Creelman, and Fraleck townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R091 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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