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| Record Name(s) | Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. - 1988, Granges DDH GOG 6 - 1982, Little Rice Lake - 1968, Garrett Property - 2011 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Huffman
Latitude: 47° 38' 39.66" Longitude: -82° 9' 39.17"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 412810.54 Northing: 5277425.22 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09NE
Point Location Description: banded iron formation.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is difficult and presently the secondary logging roads at the end of the Mallard Township access road come to within 2km of the iron formation.
1930: The outcrops along the portage between Little Rice Lake and Rice Lake had been stripped by unknown persons. 1982: Granges Exploration carried out a small ground electromagnetic and magnetic survey to locate an airborne anomaly initially located in a government survey. The anomaly was tested with a diamond drill hole which intersected sulphide facies iron formation but no encouraging base or precious metal mineralization. 1988: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. - AEM, AMag. 2011: Joshua Gold Resources Inc. - prospecting, grab sampling, magnetometer survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.4237 | 41O09NW0018 | 41O09NW0018 |
| T-2519 / | 41O09NE0002 | 41O09NE0002 |
| T-3020 / 2.11518 | 41O09SE0002 | 41O09SE0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Halcrow-Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384F
Metamorphism Type: Contact
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide-Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is hosted in a banded silicate sulphide facies iron formation. The silicate facies consists of a quartz - chlorite - garnet schist.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Up to 10% pyrrhotite and 5% pyrite occur in the iron formation.
Jul 01, 2016 (P Bousquet) - Hole GOG-6 intersected two feet of quartz-chlorite schist sandwiched between bands of iron sulphides which returned an assay of 0.55 g/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 400 | 123 |
Map - Geological series, Jerome area (east), District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2370 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Huffman Township and Part of Arbutus Township
Publication Number: OFM0212 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Opeepeesway Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-07.001 Page: 9 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Opeepeesway Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384f Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210454
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 341 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 29-30 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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