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Record: MDI41I04NE00032

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Howry Creek - 1986, Bousquet - 1986, Howrey Creek - 1986, D. Ewing - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1986-Apr-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-31
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Iridium, Arsenic



Location

Township or Area: Curtin

Latitude: 46° 8' 56.46"    Longitude: -81° 34' 33.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455528.012   Northing: 5110765.753    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I04NE

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Curtin-SP005, 2.11912 41I04NE0149 41I04NE0149



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 1 Shear Zone Contains
Vein 2 Contains
Claystone 3 Argillite Adjacent
Sandstone 4 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 31, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Mineralization: arpr, pyrt in EW bx'd, shrd, silicified zone in seds. Vein 600ft long, width 2.5ft. History: high grade ore hand cobbed and processed onsite in 1988/89 by Art Elliot, assessment report: AFRO Curtin SP005 report-high au from reground tailings (34 oz/ton).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Mongowin and Curtin townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2312 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1975

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 57-58  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: R131 Page: 55  Date: 1976

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Part - Ore deposits near the north shore of Lake Huron

Publication Number: ARV38-07.001 Page: 49-50  Date: 1998

Author: Moore E.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Curtin Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF153 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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