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Record: MDI41K15NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Denison Prospect - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Ryan

Latitude: 46° 59' 52.47"    Longitude: -84° 42' 56.84"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 673662   Northing: 5207464    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K15NE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: 3.2 kilometres north of Highway 17, 1.5 kilometres east of the west boundary of the Montreal Mining Location.



Exploration History

1937: Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. – mapping, sampling. 1962: Denison Mines Ltd. – 23 DD-1142.3 ft. 1965: Pall-Mall Copper Mines Ltd. – IP survey. 2003: Intrepid Minerals Corporation - mapping, prospecting, gravity survey. 2004: Amerigo Resources Ltd. – airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.27181 41N02SE2014 41N02SE2014
Ryan-0028 41N02SE0129 41N02SE0129
Ryan-0027A1 41N02SE0167 41N02SE0167
2.53463 41N02SE2010 41N02SE2010
Ryan 0016 41N02SE0134 41N02SE0134

Geology

Province: Southern

Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup

Geological Age: Late Precambrian  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Host
Breccia-unsubdivided 3 Felsite Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcociteEconomicOre
1CarbonateEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Minor sulphides in conglomerate/carbonate chalcopyrite veinlets in basalt. Assays of core samples ranged from 0.03% Cu to 0.09% Cu over widths ranging from 2.0 to 3.0 feet in conglomerate; and from 0.04% Cu to 0.22% Cu over widths of 3.0 feet in Basalt. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 59-60).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Batchawana, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1974

Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Ryan Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0555 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 59-60  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 130  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Mamainse Point-Pancake Bay sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P3062 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1987

Author: Grunsky E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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