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Record: MDI41I16NW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Abex Mines Occurrence - 1973, J. F. Grainger Property - 1973, R.A. Millette Property - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Scholes

Latitude: 46° 56' 3.29"    Longitude: -80° 17' 6.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 554409   Northing: 5198105.14    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1951: Emerald Mining Syndicate- geomagnetic survey, geological mapping 1956: Sylvanite Gold Mines, Limited – geological mapping 1973: Grainger and Millette- assays from the property, lead 0.01%. 1986: Emerald Lake Resources Inc. – airborne magnetic and VLF-EM survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
0025 41I16NW0015 41I16NW0015
Afton-23-B1 41I16NW0020 41I16NW0020
Afton-0021A1 41I16NW0027 41I16NW0027
63.4649 OM 84-8-C-195 41I16NW0013 41I16NW0013
Afton 0020 A1 41I16NW0028 41I16NW0028

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Hanging Wall
Vein 2 Quartz Intrudes
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Carbonatized Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Folio - Scholes Township

Publication Number: GDIF459 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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