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Record: MDI41I11SW00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Vermilion Lake Graphite - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Fairbank

Latitude: 46° 31' 47.61"    Longitude: -81° 23' 34.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 469862   Northing: 5153000    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I11SW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole collar

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1953: Ontario Pyrites Company Limited – DD-2-400 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
FAIRBANK-0011-D 41I11SW0074 41I11SW0074

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Siltstone 1 Argillitic Slate Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 05, 2013 (A Wilson) - The host rock is the Vermillion Formation. The Vermilion Formation is comprised of massive, fine-grained rock which is an extremely dense, fine grained, silliceous, probably ashey, carbonaceous mudstone.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 05, 2013 (A Wilson) - The diamond drill hole intersected approximately 280 feet of graphitic material



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Fairbank Township, sheet no. 7, Sudbury Basin series

Publication Number: P0046 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sudbury geological compilation, Sudbury District, Sudbury Regional Municipality

Publication Number: M2491 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1984

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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