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| Record Name(s) | Benton 13 - 1977, Granges DDH Sw-39 - 1995 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Benton
Latitude: 47° 43' 8.97" Longitude: -82° 26' 32.66"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 391821.47 Northing: 5286094.09 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09NW
Point Location Description: Granges drill hole SW-39.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Take Dore Road north from the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. A road heads east into Benton Twp from a point below the Wakami River in Garnet Twp. This road allows access to the Wakami River in Benton Twp. The showing is located approximately 1 km north of the Wakami River in west central Benton Township.
1977: Granges Exploration Ltd. drilled two holes on a group of claims to the north of the Wakami River in west Benton Township for a combined length of 565'. Hole SW-39 (the subject of this file) intersected sections of dacite tuff and graphitic argillite containing 15-20% graphite. 1981: Canadian Gold and Metals Inc. conducted an airborne electromagnetic survey over Benton, Esther, and parts of Osway and Mallard Townships. 2012: Entourage Metals Ltd. completed prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2581 / 2.4261 | 41O16SW0012 | 41O16SW0012 |
| T-2580 / 2.5285 | 41O09NW0022 | 41O09NW0022 |
| T-1793 / 13 | 41O09NW0059 | 41O09NW0059 |
| 2.53479 | 20000008655 | 20000008655 |
| T-1793 | 41O09NW0059 | 41O09NW0059 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Marion
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2705 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384F
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Argillite | Graphitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Dacite | Tuff | Adjacent |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Rhyolite | Brecciated | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Graphitic argillite sections interbedded with rhyolite, rhyolite tuff, and dacite tuff. Argillite sections contain up to 15-20% graphite and 1-5% pyrite. The graphitic sections are simply described as soft, black, and very friable.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Some sections of graphitic argillite are reported to contain 15-20% graphite with 1-5% pyrite.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The drill log reports 1-5% pyrite and 15 - 20% graphite in 4 sections ranging in width from 1.52 to 52.7 m.
Sep 27, 2012 (P Bousquet) - The drill log reports 1-5% pyrite and 15 - 20% graphite in 2 sections ranging in width from 1.61 to 6.83 m.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Map - Geological series, Benton Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2341 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Benton and Mallard townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2504 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Opeepeesway Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384f 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
Core - Resident Geologist Core Library
Publication Number: Drill Core Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Page: 71 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 75-76 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold Metallogeny of the Southern Swayze Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt: A Field Trip Guidebook
Publication Number: OFR6334 Date: 2017
Author: Hastie E.C.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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