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| Record Name(s) | El Pen-Rey - 1980, Moon Lake Area - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Dec-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Platinum Metals
Township or Area: Gerow
Latitude: 46° 25' 40.88" Longitude: -82° 12' 24.84"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 407270.486 Northing: 5142313.121 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41J08NE
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
GEOLOGY: DISS SULPS (CP,PO) ASSOC WITH ALTERATIONZONES IN EAST BULL L GABBRO; BLUE QTZ, MINERALIZATION: DISS SULPS IN CHLORITIZED, EPIDOTIZED ANIN A 50 M THICK LAYER 2KM LONG-D.PECK,PC. 1955: Sylvainite Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling 1956: El Pen-Ray Oil and Mines Ltd. - surface work, 14 drill holes (7819 feet). 1957: Daering Explorers Ltd. - EM survey over west part of property
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| GEROW-0010 | 41J08NE0018 | 41J08NE0018 |
| Gerow-0011-C1 | 41J08NE0016 | 41J08NE0016 |
| Gerow-0012-B1 | 41J08NW0046 | 41J08NW0046 |
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Epidote | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 26, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Best assay in drill hole: 1.5ft @ 0.49% Cu & 3.93% Ni
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Geology, east Bull lake, Ontario, map and notes; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 873
Publication Number: GSC OF 873 Date: 1982
Author: Mccrank, G F D; Stone, D; Kamineni, D C; Zayachkivsky, B; Vincent, G
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129770
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 86-87 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology and platinum group element sulphide mineralization, East Bull Lake
Publication Number: OFR5813 Date: 1991
Author: Peck D.C., James R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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