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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge Ltd MN66-01 - 1992 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2012-Nov-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Nov-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Marion
Latitude: 47° 49' 51.21" Longitude: -82° 13' 18.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 408565.22 Northing: 5298227.53 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16SW
Point Location Description: Coordinates from core log
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Site not visited by OGS.
1910 4,000 ft of diamond drilling. 1950-51 23 d.d. holes and magnetometer survey by Central Sudbury Lead-Zinc. 1957-68 27,747 feet of d.d. end electromagnetic surveying by Stackpool Mining Company. 1992 Falconbridge Ltd drilled 9 holes totalling 4014m; performed a ground electromagnetic and magnetic survey (T-2345 /; T-2345/2.14747). 2006 Vencan Gold Corp performed an aerial electromagnetic and magnetic survey, 17 diamond drillholes for 2425m of length, sampling, geochemistry (T-5418 / 2.33014, T-5561 / 2.34838)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2345 / | 41O16SE9060 | 41O16SE9060 |
| T-2345 / 2.14747 | 41O16SE0004 | 41O16SE0004 |
| T-5418 / 2.33014 | 20000001584 | 20000001584 |
| T-5561 / 2.34838 | 20000002404 | 20000002404 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Marion
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 +/-5 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384C
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Chloritized | Fractured | Host |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Sericitized | Adjacent | |
| Sulphide Ironstone | 3 | Sulphidic | Massive | Adjacent |
Nov 20, 2012 (P Bousquet) - A mafic to intermedfiate tuff sits on top of a sulphidic iron formation. It shows bedding and it is chloritized, sericitized with patchy silicification. The unit is covered by a buff-grey yellow felsic tuff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 20, 2012 (P Bousquet) - Hole MN66-01 intersected 0.30 metres of mafic to intermediate tuff which returned an assay of 7535 ppm Zn. It was noted that the mineralization was fracture-controlled (T-2345/ ).
File - Resident Geologist file T-2158
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Publication - Mineral occurrences in Woman River district, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1929, pt. C
Publication Number: Sum Rep 1929 C Date: 1930
Author: Bannerman, H M
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102021
Map - Heenan, Marion and northern part of Genoa townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2067 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 410-157 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451
Part - Iron Formation of Woman River Area
Publication Number: ARV18-01.008 Date: 1998
Author: Allen R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Heenan and Marion townships and the northern part of Genoa Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R038 Page: 35-43 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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