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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI41I16SW00032

Record: MDI41I16SW00032

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A.E. Jerome - 1984, McNish - 1984, Ozhway - 1984, Walterbury - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Cadmium, Lead, Silver



Location

Township or Area: McNish

Latitude: 46° 47' 38.49"    Longitude: -80° 22' 58.26"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 547099.148   Northing: 5182460.018    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16SW

Point Location Description: Trench

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.3062A, McNish-0012 41I16SW9358 41I16SW9358



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Contains
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Adjacent
Conglomerate 3 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 29, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Mineralization: sulphides in qtz veins within silicified and sheared Gowganda Fmn and Archean greywacke. Grab sample assays: avg tr-0.13 oz/t Au, tr-3.88% Cu, tr-26 oz/t Ag, tr-0.14% Ni, 2.03-14.25% Pb, best ddh assay: 0.69% Cu, 0.58 oz/t Ag, and 0.02 oz/t Au over 1.25 m section.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - McNish and Janes townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2425 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1979

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)

Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 99  Date: 1957

Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 255-256  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of McNish and Janes townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R191 Page: 76-80  Date: 1979

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - McNish Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF416 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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