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| Record Name(s) | Ridout Cunningham - 1980, Ridout Cunningham Group #1 - 1928, Page-Harley - 1952, Maneast Uranium - 1957, J.E. Derraugh - 1977, Siragusa #06 - 1987, Texas Gulf - 1950 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Iron
Township or Area: Cunningham
Latitude: 47° 43' 39.65" Longitude: -82° 41' 30.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 373129 Northing: 5287420 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NE
Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, GR157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel 65 km west of Highway 144 on Sultan Road to Blamey Road then north 10 km into Cunningham Township TO the area of the sites.
1904-07 - Ridout Mining Company - prospecting. 1927-29: Ridout Cunningham Mines Ltd. - prospecting, diamond drilling. 1952-53: Page-Harley Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1956: Maneast Uranium Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2059 / 11 | 41O10NE0075 | 41O10NE0075 |
| T-2056, 10 | 41O10NE0074 | 41O10NE0074 |
| T-2058, 27 | 41O10NE0068 | 41O10NE0068 |
| T-1776, 2.2251 | 41O10NE0048 | 41O10NE0048 |
| 2.1837, T-2058 | 41O10NE0050 | 41O10NE0050 |
| 31, T-1776 | 41O10NE0100 | 41O10NE0100 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Hong Kong
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Magnetite Ironstone | 1 | Magnetite-Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Adjacent | |
| Chert | 3 | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as mineralization within a chert-magnetite iron formation.
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - The iron formation is dominated by intercalated chert and black argillite. Within the argillite chlorite, actinolite and sericite occur. Some thin trails of pyrite are associated with the iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Malachite | Alteration | Supergene | 1 | Unknown | Network |
Feb 03, 2016 (A Wilson) - The best drill intersections from 1952 diamond drilling returned values of 1.63% Pb and 5.02% Zn over 60 feet, and 0.86% Pb and 2.51% Zn over 50.5 feet. The best trench sample assayed 2.02 oz/t Ag, 3.00% Cu, 5.25% Pb and 15.46% Zn over 30 inches. A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1980 returned a value of 5.18% Fe, 2.3% Zn, 0.82% Pb, 0.4% Cu and 4.46 g/t Au. Disseminated and thin, massive stringers of sphalerite with mineral galena and rare spects of malachite were observed in a 3 cm thick layer of chert.
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - Veins of sphalerite, galena and some chalcopyrite cut the iron formation. Such veins are more dominant within the chert beds.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Exhalative |
| 2 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratabound |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 270 | 60 | N/A | N/A |
Map - Geological series, Cunningham Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2339 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Cunningham-Garnet area
Publication Number: ARV51-07 Page: 20-22 Date: 1997
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Cunningham and Garnet townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2503 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453
Map - Cunningham-Garnet area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51F Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Page: 62 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Mineral occurrences in Woman River district, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1929, pt. C
Publication Number: Sum Rep 1929 C Date: 1930
Author: Bannerman, H M
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102021
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc deposits in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC001 Page: 59 Date: 1954
Author: Thomson J.E., Carlson H.D., Ferguson S.A., Pye E.G., Savage W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 95 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 331 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 238-239 Date: 1969
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: 116-117 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Cunningham Township - Unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGO
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