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| Record Name(s) | McIntyre Mine - 1888 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Denison
Latitude: 46° 24' 11.13" Longitude: -81° 24' 45.09"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 468290 Northing: 5138918 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: shaft symbol for McIntyre Mine
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From junction of Hwy #6 take Hwy 17 34.4 km east. From Hwy 17 follow R.R. #4 north towards Crean Hill Mine for 2.6km. At fork take Fairbanks Road east approximately 3.2 km north (keep left at fork to Crean Hill Mine). Turn and drive west down abandoned rail bed road for 1.74km. Site area is located approximately 1.1km south-southeast of road following offset towards Kidd copper mine site.
1888: pitting. 1888: Patent on this property was obtained by David Lockerby. This prospect consists of a large pit said to have disclosed sulphides and norite dug about the year 1888.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Norite | 1 | Quartz Diorite, Quartz Diorite Breccia | Brecciated | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphibolite | 2 | Quartz Diorite | Host |
Jun 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - A dike of norite extends northeast through a sequence of gabbroic rocks, quartzite and pelitic metasediments. Worthington Offset dike related to Sudbury Igneous Complex (Peloquin 2023)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Marcasite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Gersdorffite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Igneous Contact |
| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
| 2 | Massive |
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:
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:
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Sudbury-Manitoulin area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin
Publication Number: R166 Page: Chart A Date: 1978
Author: Card K.D.
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 RGO
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
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:
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