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Record: MDI41I06NW00122

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Loughrim and Dwyer Prospect - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-25
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Drury

Latitude: 46° 23' 44.87"    Longitude: -81° 27' 31.36"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 464735   Northing: 5138127.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I06NW

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1954-55: Worthington Mines Ltd. - ground magnetometer survey, DD-4. 1957 : AER Nickel Corporation – DD-14-968 ft. 1999-2007 :Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. – airborne geophysics; geological mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Drury-SP002/2.19996 41I06NW2002 41I06NW2002
Drury-0018-D1 41I06NW0042 41I06NW0042

Geology

Province: Southern

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Elliot Lake Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandy Conglomerate 1 Quartzite, Conglomerate Hanging Wall
Diabase 2 Diabase Host

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 24, 2016 (A Wilson) - At the north end of the property, grab samples taken from the adit zone returned values ranging up to 1.1%. Ni. and up to 4.7%. Cu. A grab samples from the adit zone (?) assayed 2.01% Ni.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada from the Laboratory of the Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 5, (1890-1891), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 5R Page: 42  Date: 1893

Author: Hoffman, G.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297060


Folio - Drury Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF285 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

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:


Map - Hyman and Drury townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2055 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Drury Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0134 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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