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| Record Name(s) | Bellechasse Mining Area A - 1956, Elizabeth Lake - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Foster
Latitude: 46° 14' 37.9" Longitude: -81° 37' 14.26"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 452155.004 Northing: 5121330.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I04NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1956: Bellechasse Mining Corp. Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, DD, trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| FOSTER-0019 | 41I04NE0022 | 41I04NE0022 |
Province: Southern
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Brecciated | Host |
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| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Adjacent |
Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - Sulphide mineralization is hosted within a northeast trending dioritic to gabbroic body that intrudes metamorphosed rocks of the Espanola Formation. Minor quartz veins were observed in the intrusive. The intrusive rocks are described as brecciated and contorted in certain areas
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Scheelite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - The sulphides are described as finely disseminated. The mineralization was observed in three small, separate areas along the south side of Elizabeth Lake. These zones extend over a length of approximately 1100 m.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Skarn |
Map - Merritt and Foster townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2311 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975
Author: Card K.D., Blackburn C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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: 5 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 275 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Espanola-Whitefish Falls area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R131 Page: 49 Date: 1976
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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