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Record: MDI41I06NW00104

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lots 8 & 9, Con 5 - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Denison, Denison

Latitude: 46° 25' 38.71"    Longitude: -81° 23' 39.87"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 469696   Northing: 5141614    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I06NW

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1962-64: International Nickel Company of Canada Limited - exploration


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Breccia-unsubdivided 1 Quartz Diorite Breccia Hanging Wall
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Amphibolitic Brecciated Footwall
Quartz Diorite 3 Quartz Diorite Brecciated Footwall

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 22, 2016 (A Wilson) - The sulphide occurrences consist of disseminatd to massive pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in breccia.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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 mining area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2170 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1969

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:


MonoMap - Geology of the Denison-Waters area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R060 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sudbury geological compilation, Sudbury District, Sudbury Regional Municipality

Publication Number: M2491 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1984

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:


Map - Compilation series, Sudbury mining area, western part, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2602 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1983

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Denison Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF315 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Sudbury DGO


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