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| Record Name(s) | Rundle-Hanna Vein - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Nov-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Newton
Latitude: 47° 54' 34.66" Longitude: -82° 27' 3.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 391586.333 Northing: 5307274.693 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16NW
Point Location Description: Quartz vein exposed through pit in overburden.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to general area of the occurrence is easy via the Dore main haul road and the Orofino Mine/Rundle Mine access road. In contractst, access from the road to the prospect is more difficult requiring about a 3 km canoe trip up the Swayze River and portaging a set of rapids and one set of falls.
1936-46: Hollinger Mines - prospecting, stripping, trenching, diamond drilling. 1978: Hollinger Mines - diamond drilling. 1982: Sulpetro Minerals - mapping.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Veins strike at about N60E and dip steeply to the north.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
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| Diorite | 2 | Diorite | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A highly oxidized vein was exposed in two pits 10 and 12 feet deep. Exposure consists of quartz stringers with carbonate cutting fine-grained diorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Wall rock inclusions are reported as being well mineralized with disseminated pyrite. The footwall is also said to be mineralized for a width of 2 feet from the veining.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 240 | 85 |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0375, T-2041, T-2175
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451
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: 306-307 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
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:
Book - Newton Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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