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MDI41I10NE00003
| Record Name(s) | Red Rock - 1984, Gold Nugget - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Scadding
Latitude: 46° 40' 19.15" Longitude: -80° 37' 7.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 529161.95 Northing: 5168784.62 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I10NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1922-1923: Golden Nugget Exploration and Development Company completed 4 test pits and stripping. 1923-1925: McMillan Development Company sank a shaft to a depth of 50m and completed drifting and crosscutting. 1994: D. Pilkey and Y. Clement carried out trenching, stripping, geochemistry, geological mapping, and a ground geophysical survey (electromagnetic).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Scadding-SP039 / OP93-582 | 41I10NE0095 | 41I10NE0095 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Contains | ||
| Claystone | 3 | Argillite | Near |
Dec 17, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - The 1923 shaft was sunk near the contact of the Gowganda Formation wacke and a Nipissing gabbro intrusion where numerous quartz and quartz-carbonate veins occur.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breunnerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Specularite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 17, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - There is considerable carbonate, breunnerite, and pyritized material on the dump. Some high-grade ore was reportedly taken from the underground workings. Fissures containing calcite and scales of specularite occur in the diabase. Native gold was reportedly found.
Part - Moose Mountain-Wanapitei area
Publication Number: ARV41-04.002 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Kindle L.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Maclennan and Scadding townships
Publication Number: R002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Wanapitei Lake area, southern part, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2228 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sudbury data series, Scadding Township, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2444 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Adlington R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Wanapitei Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R213 Scale: Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Scadding Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF317 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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