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| Record Name(s) | Emerald Lake Prospect - 1900, Emerald South - 1973, R.M. Butler - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Afton
Latitude: 46° 55' 23.19" Longitude: -80° 18' 53.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 552163.07 Northing: 5196847.27 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I16NW
Point Location Description: Iron formation
Location Method: Data Compilation
1900-41: discovery, development and operation of the New Golden Rose (Afton Mine); 1952-53: Abex Mines Limited: geophysical and geological surveys; DD. 1956: Geoscientific Prospectors Ltd. - DD-8-6288 ft. 1956: Wabico Mines Ltd. – geophysical survey and 7 DD.; The Hanna Mining Co. Ltd. – magnetometer and geological surveys, stripping and sampling. 2009-10: Gold Finder Explorations Ltd. – 38-DD-9679 m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Afton-0025 | 41I16NW0015 | 41I16NW0015 |
| Afton-0013-C1 | 41I16NW0041 | 41I16NW0041 |
| 63.4947 / Scholes-SP011 | 41I16NW0012 | 41I16NW0012 |
| Afton-0015-A1 | 41I16NW0035 | 41I16NW0035 |
| Afton-0023-A1 | 41I16NW0050 | 41I16NW0050 |
| Afton-0022-A1 | 41I16NW0052 | 41I16NW0052 |
| 63.4649 / Afton-SP015 | 41I16NW0013 | 41I16NW0013 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | |||
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Flows And Pyroclastic Rocks | Host | |
| Diabase | 4 | Nipissing Diabase | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (E Chaloux) - Archean banded iron formation.
Part - Geology of the Afton-Scholes area
Publication Number: ARV45-06.002 Page: 40-41 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 324 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Afton, Scholes, Macbeth, and Clement townships, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing
Publication Number: R170 Page: 59 Date: 1977
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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