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Record: MDI41I16NW00051

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Southwest Abex Showing - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Scholes

Latitude: 46° 54' 17.12"    Longitude: -80° 17' 23.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 554079.22   Northing: 5194824.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1956: Sylvanite Gold Mines Limited - geology. 1957: North American Rare Metals – 3-DD-3958 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
AFTON-23-B1 41I16NW0020 41I16NW0020
SCHOLES-23-D1 41I16NE0202 41I16NE0202

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2GoldEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Book - AFRO SCHOLES TP

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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MonoMap - Geology of Afton, Scholes, Macbeth, and Clement townships, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing

Publication Number: R170 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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