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| Record Name(s) | Wahl-Iron Formation - 1985, Wahl - 1985, Opeepeesway River Occurence - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Mallard
Latitude: 47° 43' 17.63" Longitude: -82° 17' 26.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 403196 Northing: 5286161 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09NW
Point Location Description: Outcrop of sulphide-facies Fe-formation, west side of river, 2.5 km N of bridge
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is via the Opeepeesway River accessed where the main logging road crosses the river in central Mallard Township. The showing is about 2.5 km north on the west shore of the river. The logging road into Mallard Township is accessed via the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144.
1971: Panacea Mining and Exploration Ltd. performed a magnetic and electromagnetic survey over a group of 25 claims registered to John A. Murphy. These claims were located east of the Opeepeesway River in the north central portion of Mallard Township. The same group of claims was again flown for magnetics later that same year for Claw Lake Molybdenum Mines Ltd. 1981: Canadian Gold and Metals Inc. conducted an airborne electromagnetic survey over an area that included Benton, Esther, west Mallard, and northwestern Osway Townships. 1985: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. conducted and airborne magnetic, electromagnetic, and VLF survey over numerous townships which included Mallard Township. 1987: Cominco Ltd. conducted a ground magnetic and VLF electromagnetic survey over a gridded block of 36 claims straddling the Opeepeesway River just north of Satterly Creek. 2011: Nebu Resources Inc. performed a ground electromagnetic and magnetic survey (T-6076/2.48163).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-6076 / 2.48163 | 20000006387 | 20000006387 |
| T-2581 / 2.4261 | 41O16SW0012 | 41O16SW0012 |
| T-2580 / 2.5285 | 41O09NW0022 | 41O09NW0022 |
| T-2157 / 2.736 | 41O16SE0031 | 41O16SE0031 |
| T-2153 / 2.470 | 41O09NW0032 | 41O09NW0032 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Marion
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2716 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384F
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide-Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Quartz-Sericite | Schist | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Sulphide-carbonate facies iron formation occurring as a lens of about 10' (3.05 m) wide within quartz-sericite schist.
Sep 27, 2012 (P Bousquet) - The iron formation is showed as a mafic intrusive and felsic metavolcanic rocks on later map (Map 2504). Presumably, the iron formation is the result of iron carbonate alteration from the mafic rock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Pyrite carbonate iron formation.
| 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 | 3 | N/A | N/A |
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: 41O-58 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Opeepeesway Lake area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44G Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Mallard Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2342 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Horwood Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-07.002 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Page: 74 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 348 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: 61-62 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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