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| Record Name(s) | Sunova - 1966, Ventures/Falconbridge - 1991, Ventures Claims Ltd. - 1939, Falconbridge Nickel DDH #1 - 1977, Siragusa #23 - 1993 |
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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: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Huffman
Latitude: 47° 35' 38.4" Longitude: -82° 10' 29.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 411680.39 Northing: 5271845.2 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09SE
Point Location Description: Falconbridge hole #1 in Patented claim P32384
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Recently access to the area has improved considerably with logging operations along the Arbutus Road. From this road the old drill set up is about a 400m traverse.
1938: The ground was staked for Mrs. Davidson. 1939 Ventures Claims Ltd optioned the property and over the next three years carried out an exploration program prior to patenting the ground in 1946. No record of this work is on file but was probably directed towards either the iron potential or gold potential. 1966: Falconbridge Nickel carried out a diamond drill program (DD-3-1342.5 ft.) in the search for precious and base metal mineralization. Minor copper mineralization (0.59% over 11') was intersected in one hole within a sulphides facies iron formation. Zinc values were not determined. 1980: Hargor Resources carried out a magnetic and electromagnetic survey which 'over flew' the area of the prospect. 1984: Tonapah Resources carried out a ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey combined with a mapping program over the western extension of the iron formation. Two years later in 1986, a soil and humus sampling program was carried out over the claim block and a small drill program was carried out to test some anomalies. Drill results indicated that disseminated sulphides are associated with a sheared graphitic conglomerate but assay results were discouraging.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2838 / 2.9523 | 41O09SE0006 | 41O09SE0006 |
| T-2838 / 2.6825 | 41O09SE0010 | 41O09SE0010 |
| T-2133 / | 41O09SE0030 | 41O09SE0030 |
| T-2838 / 63.5403 | 41O09SE0003 | 41O09SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Garnet-Tooms
Geological Age: Neoarchean
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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Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is hosted within graphitic iron formation horizons intercalated with volcanic rocks. The graphitic intervals are commonly schistose.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Up to 30% sulphides, primarily pyrrhotite, pyrite and trace amounts of chalcopyrite occur in fine seams.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays reported are 0.01 - 0.02 oz/t Au, 0.05 - 2.02% Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| 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: 57 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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 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 - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 249-250 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization of the Southern Margin of the Swayze Belt
Publication Number: OFR5844 Page: 77 Date: 1993
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: 30-31 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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