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| Record Name(s) | Shunsby South Showing - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-May-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Cunningham
Latitude: 47° 42' 46.29" Longitude: -82° 39' 14.54"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 375934.63 Northing: 5285711.23 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NE
Point Location Description: West end of area A stripping marked on a 1990 trench map
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Easy access to the property is via a series of logging roads from the main haul road linking Sultan - Ramsay - Highway 144. From this Main Haul Road the turn-offs to be taken are the Blamey Road for 7km then the Cunningham Road. The Cunningham road goes north for about 8km where it splits into a crude T-junction running East West. From this point the trenches are a couple of kilometres further north along a base line and a series of trails from an old exploration camp off the eastern T-junction. Alternatively drill trails come in from the north via the old fire tower.
1904: Ridout Mining carried out prospecting. 1927: Prospectors found veinlets of sphalerite in iron formation. 1927: Ridout/Cunningham Mines carried out exploration and diamond drilling. 1954: Sootheran and Paul/Cominco carried out an EM survey and diamond drilling. 1955: Shunsby Mines completed 55 diamond drill holes totaling 5230 m, and geological mapping. 1962-64: Shunsby Mines completed magnetic and Turam EM surveys, soil geochemical survey, diamond drilling. 1968-1971: Consolidated Shunsby Mines completed diamond drilling and a prospectus. 1974: Granorla Exploration completed geochemical surveying, 8 diamond drill holes totaling 3,404 ft. 1975: Consolidated Shunsby Mines completed 163 diamond drill holes totaling 57,994 ft.1979: Placer Development completed ground EM and magnetic survey, soil geochemistry. 1981-82: MW Resources carried out 31 diamond drill holes, lake sediment and water sampling. 1990-91: Kirkton Resources carried out compilation, core re-sampling, trenching, sampling, geological mapping, EM and magnetic surveys. 1993: Phelps-Dodge completed diamond drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2819/ 63.4004 / OM-81-5C-55 | 41O10NE0035 | 41O10NE0035 |
| 63.2919 | 41O10NE0052 | 41O10NE0052 |
| 32 | 41O10NE0046 | 41O10NE0046 |
| 63.3703 | 41O10NE0049 | 41O10NE0049 |
| T-2062 / 63.426 | 41O10NE0061 | 41O10NE0061 |
| T-3358 / 63.6118 / OM 90-028 / OM91-060 | 41O10NE0087 | 41O10NE0087 |
| 63A.336 | 41O10NE0059 | 41O10NE0059 |
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
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Differential movement along the argillaceous beds is not as conspicuous as at the main showing whereas the fracturing due to faulting is as strong. Two main fault trends are present, an east west trend including the 'Joubin Fault' and a southeast trend associated with brecciation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Silicate Ironstone | 1 | Chert | Conglomerate, Brecciated | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Basalt | Variolitic, Pillowed | Adjacent |
| Diorite | 3 | Diorite | Tholeiitic | Contains |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent | ||
| Felsic Tuff | 5 | Tuff | Crystal, Lapilli, Breccia | Host |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 6 | Graphitic | Shale | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is confined to a series of banded iron formation within a sequence of mafic to felsic metavolcanics. The entire package has been overturned with the mafic metavolcanics structurally beneath the iron formation and felsic metavolcanics above. The iron formation has been divided into two main units. The Upper Chert has thicker chert beds and consists of chert conglomerates. The Lower Chert consists of a mixture of lithologies. At the showing, felsic metavolcanics structurally overlie the chert horizons, but are intercalated with the chert along strike. These felsic rocks are primarliy tuffaceous with banded crystal, lapilli and breccia tuffs being present together with some local flows. Chloritic and sericitic alteration is present in the matrix of these tuffs. The mafic metavolcanics (lower diorite) is fine to coarse grained and has a tholeiitic affinity. The whole sequence has been intruded by an irregular plug of diorite called the digestive diorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Various interpretations have been advanced to explain the mineralization including 1) a chemical sedimentary origin distal from any base metal source, 2) a sedimentary - exhalative model proximal to a volcanic source, and 3) a primary sedimentary origin remobilised during regional tectonism and metamorphism associated with the emplacement of various dykes. This debate is a result of various features characteristic of each process which include fine grained graded sulphide beds, coarse grained subhedral sulphides along fractures, massive sulphide veins etc. These features also have a major impact on the uneven grade of the known mineralization. In a zone adjacent to a felsic dyke there are a number of massive galena trails and veins where the dykes cut through the argillaceous and sulphide horizons.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 2 | Exhalative |
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratabound |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 200 | 60 | 170 | 30 | N/A | N/A |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWER CHERT | 1990 | Possible | 1218638 | Sobie, P.A. 1990 Report on Phase 1a exploration program on the Shunsby Property, | Copper .63 Percent, Zinc 3.15 Percent | |
| UPPER CHERT | 1990 | Possible | 1374338 | Sobie, P.A. 1990 Report on Phase 1a exploration program on the Shunsby Property, | Copper .22 Percent, Zinc 2.67 Percent | |
| SOUTH ZONE | 1981 | Possible | 880000 | Fairbairn, D. 1982 Report on the diamond drilling exploration program 1981 and p | Copper 1.2 Percent, Zinc 4.9 Percent |
File - Resident Geologist files T-2050
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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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 234-240 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:
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
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: 93-95 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
Publication - Review and assessment of Shunsby Property, Cunningham Patented Claims, Cunningham Township, 23p.
Publication Number: Date: 2012
Author: F. Milanes and H. Ngo
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Publication - Technical Report On The Sunsby Base Metal Property Cunningham Township, 112p.
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2013
Author: P. Sobie
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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