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| Record Name(s) | Canadian Nickel - Loon Lake Grid - 1981, Cleveland Lake Showing - 1981, Vein Quartz Property - 1976 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Merritt
Latitude: 46° 12' 31.29" Longitude: -81° 41' 42.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 446371.001 Northing: 5117470.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I04NE
Point Location Description: Pits
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Highway 6 at Spanish River, travel 9.1km s to Loon Lake, travel east on cottage access road to boat launch. Continue 3km east by boat to south shore of Cleveland Lake. Site is on south shore of the lake.
1954: J. White - 2-DD (80 ft). 1981: Canadian Nickel Company - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics. 1990: I. Idika - prospecting, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Foster-0021 | 41I04NE0009 | 41I04NE0009 |
| Foster-0015-A1 | 41I04NE0011 | 41I04NE0011 |
| 63.5959 | 41I04NE0040 | 41I04NE0040 |
| Merritt-0010-C1 | 41I04NE0044 | 41I04NE0044 |
| MERRITT-0012-A1 | 41I04NE0005 | 41I04NE0005 |
Province: Southern
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Sheared | Adjacent |
Aug 10, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as highly weathered mineralized quartz veins in silicified Serpent Formation sandstone. The quartzites are described as being sheared, brecciated and silicified
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 10, 2009 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Canadian Nickel Company returned values of up to 1210 ppb Au, 1480 ppm Cu, 0.006% Pb. The sulphides, present in amounts up to 15% are mainly pyrrhotite with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite. Grab samples with values up to 0.035 ounces per ton gold also are reported from the area.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
MonoMap - Geology of the Espanola-Whitefish Falls area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R131 Page: 58 Date: 1976
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 280 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Foster Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF147 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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