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Record: MDI41O10NE00050

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rio Tinto DDH 11-1 - 1959, Siragusa #30 - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-28
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Cunningham

Latitude: 47° 40' 26.77"    Longitude: -82° 38' 6.49"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 377261.58   Northing: 5281374.2    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O10NE

Point Location Description: outcrop

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: This site was not visited by the OGS.



Exploration History

1959: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration - diamond drilling. 1971: Dome Exploration - diamond drilling. 1982-85: Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling, ground magnetometer, VLF, HLEM surveys, geological mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2060 41O10NE0085 41O10NE0085
T-2010 41O10NE0111 41O10NE0111

Geology

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



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Banded Iron Formation Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Two holes drilled into a mineralized graphitic zone assayed up to 0.02 oz/t Auover 5.8 feet, 0.5% Zn over 3 feet and 0.20% Cu over 2.2 feet.



Mineral Record Details

References

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: 82  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist file T-2512

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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:


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:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 274  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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


MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R248 Page: 65  Date: 1987

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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 - 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: 123-124  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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