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Record: MDI41I06SW00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chellew Occurrence - 1957, Uralex Dieppe Group - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Feb-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-30
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dieppe

Latitude: 46° 16' 19.8"    Longitude: -81° 23' 44.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 469513.002   Northing: 5124363.994    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I06SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1957: Chellew Mines Limited - DD-1, sampling, mapping. 1986: Uralex Resources Limited - ground geophysics, mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.9626, Dieppe-SP001 41I06SW0016 41I06SW0016
13, Dieppe-0011 41I06SW0021 41I06SW0021



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Siltstone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Feb 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - Sulphides are present in a silicified shear zone within the Espanola Formation.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Feb 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - Samples of drill core returned 0.48% Cu, to 3.88% Cu and low gold values. Sulphide mineralization is in a silicified shear zone. The sulphides comprise 10% of the showing and are exposed in an east-trending zone up to 3 m wide over a length of 30 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Louise-Eden area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2299 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1975

Author: Card K.D., Palonen P.A., Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 275  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Louise-Eden area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R124 Page: 56  Date: 1975

Author: Card K.D., Palonen P.A., Siemiatkowska K.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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