Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Owen Prospect - 1980, Lorne Station - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Oct-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Granite, Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Baldwin, Nairn
Latitude: 46° 17' 8.96" Longitude: -81° 41' 27.95"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 446763.003 Northing: 5126037.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I05SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1980-98: J. Owen - sampling, testing, trenching, DD, stripping, block extraction.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Baldwin-SP001 | 41I05SE0021 | 41I05SE0021 |
| Nairn-0012-D1 | 41I05SE0055 | 41I05SE0055 |
| Baldwin-SP013 | 41I05SE2001 | 41I05SE2001 |
| Baldwin-44-D1 | 41I05SE0068 | 41I05SE0068 |
| Nairn-0021-E1 | 41I05SE0052 | 41I05SE0052 |
| Nairn-SP006 | 20000000497 | 20000000497 |
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Sheared | Sheared, Silicified | Host |
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Oct 18, 2010 (A Wilson) - The building stone is fine-grained, black to blue Nipissing diabase. The diabase contains random quartz veins and the jointing is variable and closely spaced. The sulphide mineralization is characterized by narrow sulphide stringers along shear planes in a weakly silicified shear in gabbro.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 18, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by J. Thomson (OGS) from a pit in the southern part of Lot 1 Con 1 returned 1.23% Cu, 0.06% Ni and trace gold. The mineralization occurs in narrow stringers in a silicified shear zone.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| 2 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
Map - Geology of Baldwin and Porter townships, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: P0049 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ginn R.M., Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 272 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Baldwin Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF255 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Sudbury RGO
Mono - Building stone inventory of the Sudbury Resident Geologist's area, volume 2
Publication Number: OFR5762 Page: 27 Date: 1991
Author: Lacey J.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Baldwin Township
Publication Number: ARV61-04 Page: 30 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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