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Record: MDI41I04NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stratton Lake sulphides - 1967
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Foster

Latitude: 46° 12' 14.49"    Longitude: -81° 39' 29.51"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 449222   Northing: 5116927.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I04NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Southern

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Sandstone 2 Calcareous Contains
Siltstone 2 Calcacerous Contains

Lithology Comments

Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a sulphide-bearing quartz vein in sandstones and siltstones of the Espanola Fm.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
4ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

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

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


MonoMap - Geology of the Espanola-Whitefish Falls area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R131 Scale:     Date: 1976

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


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


Map - Foster Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0390 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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