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| Record Name(s) | Edwards Lake Iron Formation - 1967, Mink Lake Iron Formation - 1967, Ridout Cunningham S 9237 - 1928, American Metal #3 - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Cunningham
Latitude: 47° 43' 33.53" Longitude: -82° 40' 20.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 374594.67 Northing: 5287199.25 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: Data Compilation
Access Description: Travel West Of Highway 144 On The Sultan Road 65 Km To The Blamey Township Road And Then North 15 Km To An Area Near The Beaver Lake Fire Lookout Tower.
1904-7: Ridout Mining Company dug trenches. 1953: Page-Harley Mines carried out 9 diamond drill holes totaling 2976 ft. 1954: Cominco carried out an EM survey. 1955: Cominco completed 4 diamond drill holes. 1955-1957: Shunsby Gold Mines Limited completed 74 diamond drill holes. 1960-1961: Nipiron Mines Ltd. carried out a geological survey. 1970: Consolidated Shunsby Mines Ltd. carried out geological mapping and geochemical sampling. 1971: Consolidated Shunsby Mines Ltd. carried out a geological interpretation and published a prospectus. 1975: Grandora Exploration Ltd. carried out soil sampling. 1980: Placer Development Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (VLFEM, magnetometer, electromagnetic). 1978: Greenwich Lake Exploration Ltd. published a prospectus. 1981-1982: MW Resources completed 31 diamond drill holes. 1983: MW Resources Ltd. carried out a geochemical survey. 1988: United Mineral Services Ltd. carried out geological mapping, geochemical survey, and compilation and interpretation. 1989: Grand American Minerals Ltd. carried out geological mapping, bedrock trenching, geochemical sampling, soil sampling, ground geochemical surveys (magnetometer, electromagnetic) and assaying and analyses. 1992: Grand American Minerals Ltd. completed 10 diamond drill holes totaling 2180 ft. 1992: Noranda Exploration Co. carried out ground geophysics (VLFEM, electromagnetic), geological mapping, geochemical survey. 2011-2012: Keystone Associates Inc. carried out geochemical sampling and assays and analyses. 2015-2017: Skead Holdings Ltd. carried out geochemical sampling, assaying and analyses, and a ground geophysical survey (electromagnetic).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3224 / 2.12045 | 41O10NE0017 | 41O10NE0017 |
| T-3224 / 2.15106 | 41O10NE9202 | 41O10NE9202 |
| T-3224 / 2.11163 | 41O10NE9211 | 41O10NE9211 |
| T-3224 / 2.12903 | 41O10NE0016 | 41O10NE0016 |
| T-7021 / 2.57904 | 20000015605 | 20000015605 |
| T-7023 / 2.57913 | 20000015557 | 20000015557 |
| 63.4141 | 41O10NE0039 | 41O10NE0039 |
| 2.3452 | 41O10NE9101 | 41O10NE9101 |
| 2.5444 | 41O10NE0031 | 41O10NE0031 |
| 2.1743 | 41O10NE0051 | 41O10NE0051 |
| 2.53350 | 20000008626 | 20000008626 |
| 2.36 | 41O10NE0053 | 41O10NE0053 |
| T-2819 / 63.4004 | 41O10NE0035 | 41O10NE0035 |
| T-3224 / 41 | 41O10NE9109 | 41O10NE9109 |
| T-2059 / 11 | 41O10NE0075 | 41O10NE0075 |
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 | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Argillite | Near |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basalt | Adjacent | |
| Diorite | 4 | Diorite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - The mineralization is hosted in the chert horizons within a banded iron formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 24, 2020 (Q Unknown) - The base metal mineralization, sphalerite and galena, is primarily associated as heavy disseminations in quartz veins though some mineralization does occur in the iron formation.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2800 | 180 | 90 | 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:
Publication - Preliminary report on Woman river and ridout map areas, Sudbury district, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 157
Publication Number: GSC Mem 157 Page: 21-24 Date: 1929
Author: Emmons, R.C. and Thomson, E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100840
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
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 331 Date: 1968
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:
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
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: 125-126 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Cunningham Township - Unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Part - Geology of the Cunningham-Garnet area
Publication Number: ARV51-07 Page: 11-13, 20-22 Date: 1997
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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