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Record: MDI41I10SE00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sungold - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Falconbridge

Latitude: 46° 36' 31.25"    Longitude: -80° 44' 18.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 520033.954   Northing: 5161712.952    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I10SE

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.11800, Falconbridge-SP005 41I10SE0039 41I10SE0039

Geology

Province: Southern

Formation Group: Sudbury breccia

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Arenite 1 Brecciated Host
Arenite 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Magmatic
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Breccia

References

Map - Sudbury data series, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2447 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Adlington R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Falconbridge Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P3067 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1987

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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