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Record: MDI41I15SW00070

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) E. Rivers Property - 1967, Fab Occurence - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jun-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Parkin

Latitude: 46° 50' 10.64"    Longitude: -80° 56' 4.62"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 504985.996   Northing: 5186974.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I15SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1951-52: Fab Metal Mines Limited - magnetometer and geological surveys and undertook a 17 diamond drill hole program (61615 ft), trenching.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Parkin-0027 41I15SW0104 41I15SW0104
Parkin-0031-B1 41I15SW0110 41I15SW0110
Parkin-0017 41I15SW0129 41I15SW0129

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Hough Lake Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Andesite Tuffaceous Host
Diabase 2 Diabase Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - The metavolcanics are intruded by a northeast trending diabase dike.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
5ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by H. Meyn in 1970 returned 0.02 oz/t gold, 1.38% Zn. The sulphides are described as disseminated to massive.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Hutton and Parkin townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2180 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Hutton and Parkin townships

Publication Number: R080 Page: 60-63  Date: 1970

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Parkin Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF323 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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