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Record: MDI41I05NE00044

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ministic Creek - 1979, Lot 10, Con 4 - 1979, Alford - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Nov-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Drury

Latitude: 46° 24' 36.06"    Longitude: -81° 32' 1.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 458966.81   Northing: 5139743.41    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I05NE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

pre-1960: test pitting by unknown party. 2011: Wallbridge Mining Company Limited – airborne geophysics


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Metagabbro Brecciated Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - A branch of the Fairbank fault is interpreted to run through this area.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - Pockets of disseminated to massive sulphide mineralization occur on the top of a hill.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Drury Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0134 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Hyman and Drury townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2055 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Hyman and Drury townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R034 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Drury Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF285 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Sudbury DGO


Map - Geology, Sudbury bedrock compilation, Ontario

Publication Number: OF 4570 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2005

Author: Ames, D E; Davidson, A; Buckle, J L; Card, K D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/221501


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