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Record: MDI41I14NW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hudbay Mining DDH 81-3 - 1981, Bennet Lake Occurrence - 1962
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Aug-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Rhodes

Latitude: 46° 54' 17"    Longitude: -81° 22' 16.09"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 471734.004   Northing: 5194643.006    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I14NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1962: Ironco Mining and Smelting Limited - ground geophysics. 1981: Hudbay Mining Limited - airborne geophysics, DD-4-152m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Rhodes-0012-A1 41P14NW1011 41P14NW1011
Rhodes-0010-C1 41P14NW1019 41P14NW1019
Rhodes-0011-B1 41P14NW1007 41P14NW1007



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 04, 2009 (A Wilson) - A grab sample of the iron formation reportedly returned 28.5% Fe. A 1.2 m section of drill core returned 0.13 oz/t Ag, 0.09% Cu, 0.19% Pb and 0.52% Zn. The sulphides occur as irregularly anastomosing stringers parallel to foliation.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Book - AFRO 1982 RHODES 0010-C1

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Folio - Rhodes Township

Publication Number: GDIF484 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 357-358  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of Emo, Rhodes, and Botha townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R196 Page: 42  Date: 1980

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, Rhodes Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P1090 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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