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Record: MDI41O10NE00054

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Siragusa - 1991, Siragusa #22 - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Iron



Location

Township or Area: Cunningham

Latitude: 47° 41' 48.54"    Longitude: -82° 39' 26.77"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 375641.62   Northing: 5283934.23    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: Site was not visited by OGS.



Exploration History

1956-82: Consolidated Shunsby Mines Ltd. carried out geological mapping, diamond drilling, ground magnetometer, self-potential surveys. 1981-1982: MW Resources Ltd. completed geological mapping, diamond drilling, compilation and interpretation. 1990-91: Cominco Ltd. carried out geological mapping, ground magnetometer survey, diamond drilling. 2013-2014: Skead Holdings Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (VLFEM, magnetometer).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2819 / 63.4004 41O10NE0035 41O10NE0035
T-3387 / 2.13385 41O10NE0014 41O10NE0014
2.54249 20000008502 20000008502
2.55156 20000008213 20000008213
63.1763 41O10NE0057 41O10NE0057
19 41O10NE0084 41O10NE0084
63A.412 41O10NE0063 41O10NE0063

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
Magnetite Ironstone 1 Magnetite-Facies Banded Iron Formation Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Basalt Near
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Adjacent
Chert 4 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Small outcrop of severely strained ferruginous chert striking N60E, dipping 50N.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Apr 30, 2020 (A Wilson) - Ferruginous chert contains thin massive stringers of magnetite. A grab sample of the magnetite taken by the OGS returned a value of 32.5% Fe and 0.68 g/t Au.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
GoldUnknown.68ppm

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-2050

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:


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:


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 - 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: 126-127  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


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