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Record: MDI000000001617

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Noranda DDH Stover-1-80 - 1980
Related Record Type
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Aug-19
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Stover

Latitude: 48° 21' 47.04"    Longitude: -83° 54' 17.88"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 284838   Northing: 5360733    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05SW

Point Location Description: approximate location of anomaly on SSM 536572

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1979-80: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. – ground geophysics, DD-1-88 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Stover 0016-A1/ 2.3728 42B05SW0082 42B05SW0082
WP Stover.6 20000018826 20000018826

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Dacite To Rhyolite Tuff Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of dacitic crystal lithic tuff, sulphide iron formation and rhyolitic tuff. Narrow bands of sulphide iron formation ranging from1-8 feet were interbedded within the lithological sequence.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - A 2 foot width of core assayed 0.16% Cu and 0.04 oz/t Ag between 37 and 39 feet. A 1 ft interval of core between 53.8 and 54.8 ft assayed 0.02% Cu, 0.15% Zn and 0.7 oz/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

Map - Geological series, Stover Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0790 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1972

Author: Bennett G., Dupuis C.P., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Stover and Brackin townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2380 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1976

Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Crooked Lake area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R172 Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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