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Record: MDI41I05SE00051

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mustang Minerals sample 88870 - 2003, Alanen (South) - 1975, Rastall-Alanen Property - 1978, W. Alanen Property - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Dec-10
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Nairn

Latitude: 46° 18' 16.41"    Longitude: -81° 35' 35.84"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 454313   Northing: 5128057.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I05SE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS



Exploration History

1975: W. Alanen - DD-3-225 ft. 1978: Hollinger Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping. 1978: Westfield Minerals Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 2002-03: Mustang Minerals Ltd. and Goldwright Exploration Inc. - mapping, trenching, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Nairn-0015A1 41I05SE0032 41I05SE0032
Nairn-0014A1 41I05SE0033 41I05SE0033
41I05SE2013 41I05SE2013 41I05SE2013
41I05SE2015 41I05SE2015 41I05SE2015
Nairn-0021-A1 41I05SE0029 41I05SE0029
NAIRN-0012-A1 41I05SE0036 41I05SE0036

Geology

Province: Southern

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 1 Shear Zone Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Quartz Arenite 3 Brecciated Contains
Gabbro 4 Gabbro Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Oct 22, 2010 (A Wilson) - Mineralization appears to be related to gossan zones in brecciated quartzite.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 22, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Mustang Minerals in 2003 returned assays up to 3.85% Cu, 26.2 g/t Ag and 256 ppb Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Nairn and Lorne townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2062 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Folio - Nairn Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF256 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit File Nairn Township

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Nairn and Lorne townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R035 Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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