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| Record Name(s) | Henry Ranger Property - 1890 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-May-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead
Township or Area: Denison
Latitude: 46° 24' 35.05" Longitude: -81° 18' 39.51"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 476098.95 Northing: 5139620.52 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: pit symbols
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From the intersection with regional road #3, travel north 1.9km on Lockerby Mine Road to the barricade. Continue on foot on the Lockerby Mine Road another 1.5km north-northeast. Site is located 1.3km east in the bush near the shore of Vermilion River.
1890: Henry Ranger – 3 m deep prospect pit. No development work recorded. 1988: B.P. Resources Canada Limited – airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Denison SP001/2.11272 | 41I06NW0032 | 41I06NW0032 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Jun 21, 2016 (D Scholtz) - The area is underlain by Late Precambrian mafic volcanics bounded on the north by granitic intrusives, and on the south by pelitic sediments with gabbroic intrusives. All rocks belong to the Superior Structural Province. The showing consists of a quartz vein striking N60E degrees and dipping vertically, cutting Stobie Formation metavolcanics. The vein occurs in a grey dioritic rock and is mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite and graphite. The vein has an average width of 3.5 metres and carried a paying quantity of gold.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 | Amphibolite, Amphibolite Gneiss And Schist | Adjacent |
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| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Host | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Jun 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - This vein occurs in a grey dioritic rock, which forms both walls.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Graphite | Alteration | Graphitic | 1 | Unknown | Veins |
Jun 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - The vein on the Vermilion River is on lot 1, con 3 of Denison Township. It strikes north 60 º east, and seems to be about perpendicular. It is a strongvein, 12 feet wide, consisting of white quartz with reddish tints in places. It carries a little iron pyrites, copper pyrites and plumbago, and is reported to have a paying quantity of gold.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Replacement |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 30 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Page: 108, 425 Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Mines Library, Sudbury; Geology Ontario
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 98 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
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
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