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| Record Name(s) | Karl Occurrence - 1957 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Foster
Latitude: 46° 15' 0" Longitude: -81° 41' 1.72"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 447290 Northing: 5122052 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I04NE
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Follow Panache Lake road east from highway 6 for approx. 6km; follow old road to old farm field approx. 1.6km from field; site is approx. 600m north through bush.
Pre- 1957 Bullet Hilling Mining Co. Limited - ground geophysics. 1957: Prosco Limited - mapping, sampling, prospecting, ground geophysics. 2006: Argosy Minerals Inc. – AEM, AMag
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Foster 0022A1 | 41I05SE0107 | 41I05SE0107 |
| 2.34485 | 20000002051 | 20000002051 |
| Foster 0023-A1 | 41I05SE0105 | 41I05SE0105 |
Province: Southern
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Gabbro | 3 | Gabbro | Adjacent |
Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - The main showing is described as a pit at the top of a cliff. The wall rocks are quartzites that show local banding.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Prosco Limited returned 0.10 % Cu and 0.05% Ni over 1.2 m; 0.13% Cu and 0.07% Ni over 1 m and 0.13% Cu and 0.13% Ni over 3 m.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
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
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 - 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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