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MDI41I06NW00100
| Record Name(s) | Lot 7, Con 3 - 1963 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Denison
Latitude: 46° 24' 30.8" Longitude: -81° 22' 22.05"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 471347 Northing: 5139510 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: daimond drill hole
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Lots 6, 7, 8 are located approximately 20 km west of Sudbury, in the central area of Denison Township. The area is crosscut by two east to west trending main roads: the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 17) and highway 658. Approximately 4 kilometers west of Whitefish, County Road 4 (also known as Fairbank Lake Road) turns north off of Highway 17. The occurrence is located approximately 2 kilometers north on the Crean Hill Road turnoff to the east of the Fairbank East Road and Crean Hill Road fork (OFR 6109, p.1, 2)
1955: Arcadia Nickel Corp. Ltd. – DD-4-2203 ft. 1988: BP Resources Canada Limited – airborne magnetometer and EM survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Denison-0010-A1/10 | 41I06NW0035 | 41I06NW0035 |
| Denison SP001/2.11272 | 41I06NW0032 | 41I06NW0032 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Jun 21, 2016 (D Scholtz) - The Sudbury ore bodies occur along the lower contact of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), i.e., in the Contact Sublayer, the Footwall Breccia and/or the footwall rocks themselves, and in the Offset dikes. The SIC is a tripartite assemblage consisting of norite overlying the footwall breccia at the bottom of the SIC, gabbro and a granophyre magmatic body. A passive magmatic event of granitic plutonism affected the south of the Sudbury basin. Subsequently, at approximately 1450 Ma the Sudbury basin underwent southeast-over-northwest ductile thrust faulting which resulted in the formation of the South Range shear zone (SRSZ). The nickel-copper sulphide orebodies at Sudbury are closely associated with the basal layer of a norite-micropegmatite complex. Between the norite and micropegmatite, there is a transition zone, and beneath the norite there is the ore-bearing sublayer that includes the quartz diorite dikes.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 2 | Greywacke | Host |
Jun 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - The metagabbro is a dark-green to black equigranular or porphyroblastic rock composed of approximately 30-90% amphiboles, up to 40% plagioclase, chlorite, epidote and minor quartz, biotite, sphene, sericite and opaque oxides and sulphides.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 11, 2009 (D Scholtz) - The sulphides consist of minor disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Folio - Denison Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF315 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Sudbury RGO
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 - 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:
Mono - Mapping and Structural Analysis in the Southwestern Sudbury Basin: Implications for Mineral Exploration
Publication Number: OFR6109 Page: 1, 2, 5, 6 Date: 2003
Author: Dubois A.J., Benn K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: Map Scale: 1:125,000 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Folio - Denison Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF315 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Sudbury bedrock compilation, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 4570 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ames, D E; Davidson, A; Buckle, J L; Card, K D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/221501
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