Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Worthington Offset - 1913, Lot 10, Con 3 - 1913 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Denison
Latitude: 46° 24' 24.45" Longitude: -81° 24' 34.98"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 468508 Northing: 5139328.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: shaft symbol
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From junction of hwy 6, take Hwy 17 34.4 km east. From Hwy 17 follow Fairbanks Road east approximately 3.2km north (keep left at fork to Crean Hill Mine). Turn drive west down abandoned rail bed road for 1.74km
1913: pitting, 1987: BP Resources Canada Ltd. - airborne magnetometer and EM survey.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Norite | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 3 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated |
Jun 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - The Worthington offset mineralization is similar throughout and consists of disseminated to massive sulphides in the igneous matrix material surrounding abundant amphibolite and other country rock fragments. The minerals commonly found are pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite. The amount of sulphides appears to increase with increasing inclusion content of the offset. The lithology of the Worthington offset is norite consisting of quartz diorite and quartz diorite breccia.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Igneous Contact |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| 2 | Massive |
Map - Denison Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0202 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Denison-Waters area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R060 Page: 52 Date: 1968
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Denison Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF315 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission, with appendix
Publication Number: OP01 Page: 43, 189 Date: 1997
Author: Holloway G.T., Miller W.G., Young M., Gibson T.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Denison Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF315 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Sudbury DGO
Map - Denison-Waters area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2119 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1967
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sudbury-Cobalt, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts
Publication Number: M2361 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1977
Author: Card K.D., Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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