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Record: MDI31M04NE00049

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. C. Sutherland - 1950, Sutherland Prospect - 1950
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jun-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Lead, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Gillies Limit

Latitude: 47° 12' 14.61"    Longitude: -79° 43' 25.85"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 596649.64   Northing: 5228630.59    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04NE

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1960: J.T. Sutherland – DD-3-359 ft. 2010: Temex Resources Corp. - prospecting


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Conglomerate 2 Contains
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Contains
Ironstone-unsubdivided 4 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicGangue
3GalenaEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 11, 2017 (A Wilson) - Chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena in silicified zones and in quartz veins cutting bedded Keewatin felsic tuffs near pyrite-pyrrhotite iron formation.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein (Cobalt-Type)

References

Map - Haileybury sheet, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0321 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Thomson R., Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology adjacent to Highway 11 in Best Township and the south part of Gillies Limit Township, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing

Publication Number: OFR5016 Page: 70-71  Date: 1997

Author: Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 359  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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