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| Record Name(s) | K. Scott Property - 1976, Stratton Lake - 1929, Stratton Lake Gold Occurrence - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Gold
Township or Area: Foster
Latitude: 46° 12' 28.87" Longitude: -81° 41' 9.22"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 447089.003 Northing: 5117389.004 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 approximately 9km. Take the Hannah Lake access road south for 3km. Bypass the first road on right; take second road on right to Stratton Lake boat launch 860m south. From boat launch, travel 1.8km across Stratton Lake to narrows into Cleveland Lake. Site is reported to be on south side of narrows.
Pre-1927: pitting and trenching 1961: W. Sutherland: DD-1. 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 15A1 | 41I04NE0011 | 41I04NE0011 |
| Foster 0021 | 41I04NE0009 | 41I04NE0009 |
| Merritt-0010-D1 | 41I04NE0042 | 41I04NE0042 |
Province: Southern
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Conglomerate | 3 | Footwall | ||
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Adjacent |
Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - The vein is described as being approximately 150 feet long and approximately 2 feet wide at surface, but widening out at the bottom of a shaft to 4.5 feet. The vein is hosted by folded Huronian metasedimentary rocks and Nipissing diabase.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Marcasite | Economic | Ore | 1 | |||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 10, 2010 (A Wilson) - The vein is reportedly well mineralized with veinlets of pyrite which extend into the adjacent quartzite. About 30 feet east of the shaft, the vein contains pyrrhotite. A grab sample taken by K. D. card returned values of 0.04 ounces per ton gold and 0.3% Ni. Grab samples collected by Inco returned values ranging from <5 ppb to 0.47 oz/t gold.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 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
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 276 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: 58 Date: 1976
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: 101 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Ore deposits near the north shore of Lake Huron
Publication Number: ARV38-07.001 Page: 49 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
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