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Record: MDI41I05SE00065

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Proulx - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Nov-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lorne

Latitude: 46° 21' 21.69"    Longitude: -81° 31' 36.77"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 459464.839   Northing: 5133740.376    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I05SE

Point Location Description: TRENCH

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

MINERALIZATION: SULPHS OCCUR IN E-TRENDING ZONE ABOUT 120M LONG IN A PINK GRANOPHYRE IN GABBRO, MINERALIZATION: GRANOPHYRE PROBABLY THE ALTERATION OF ARGILLACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, ASSAYS: GRAB SAMPLES BY THE OGS GAVE 0.77% CA AND 0.45% NI. 1955: Noranda Mines Ltd. - EM survey. 1956: Mining Endeavor Co. Ltd. - 16 drill holes 1959: Inco - 2 drill holes 2003-2004: Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd - 6 drill holes 2009: Vale Inco Ltd. - downhole geophysics 2016: Vale Canada Ltd. - surface and borehole geophysics, collar surveying


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
LORNE-0010-A1 41I05SE0014 41I05SE0014
Lorne-0013-A1 41I05SE0016 41I05SE0016
Lorne-SP015 20000013584 20000013584
Lorne-SP012 20000004202 20000004202

Geology

Province: Southern

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Granophyre

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

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

Location:


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

Publication Number: R035 Page: 41  Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 278  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Lorne Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF257 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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