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Record: MDI41J13SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Conway - 1928, Polex - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-08
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Hughes

Latitude: 46° 52' 15.26"    Longitude: -83° 44' 57.61"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 290482.388   Northing: 5194488.607    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J13SE

Point Location Description: Trenching, pits

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.05 kilometres south of the north boundary of Hughes Township and 2.05 kilometres west of the east township boundary.



Exploration History

1927: Stripping, trenching and 2 test pits by St. Regis Lead Mines Ltd. 1949: 1000 feet of d.d. by St. Regis Lead Mines Ltd. 1955: Sampling and surface exploration by Argoma Uranium Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Hughes-0013-A1 41J13SE0010 41J13SE0010
Hughes-0012-C1 41J13SE0011 41J13SE0011
Hughes-0010-C1 41J13SE0018 41J13SE0018

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Early Precambrian  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A shear zone which strikes N55W and follows a contact between chlorite schist and a lamprophyre dike. The zone was traced for a length of 150 feet, and is 2 to 12 inches wide. A selected sample consisting largely of galena, assayed 2.25 oz/ton Ag and 40.2% Pb (ODM 1928) (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 73-74).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2QuartzEconomicGangue
3CalciteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division

Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Ranger Lake and Garden River area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV37-03.002 Page: 65-66  Date: 1998

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 73  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Hughes Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF308 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 121-122  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Article - 1981 report of the Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP101.008 Page: 133  Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1980

Publication Number: MP095 Page: 111  Date: 1981

Author: Kustra C.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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