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Record: MDI41I10NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Red Rock - 1984, Gold Nugget - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

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



Exploration History

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).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Scadding-SP039 / OP93-582 41I10NE0095 41I10NE0095

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Adjacent
Vein 2 Contains
Claystone 3 Argillite Near

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BreunneriteEconomicOre
2GoldEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre
4SpeculariteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

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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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