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Record: MDI41O16SE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pady Creek Prospect - 1969, R.J. Jowsey - 1962, R.J. Jowsey DDH 3 & 4 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Genoa

Latitude: 47° 49' 39.03"    Longitude: -82° 12' 27.28"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 409620.86   Northing: 5297834.5    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O16SE

Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, GR157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Site not visited by the OGS.



Exploration History

1962-63 Geochem., geol., EM., and MAG. surveys and 6 d.d. holes for 1236 feet by R.J. Jowsey Mining Company Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5418/2.33014 20000001584 20000001584
T-2161/63.1225 41O16SE0037 41O16SE0037

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Marion

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2729+/-5 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384C

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Magnetite Ironstone 1 Magnetite-Facies Banded Iron Formation Host
Amphibolite 2 Carbonate Veined Adjacent
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Carbonate Veined Contains
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Granitized Near

Lithology Comments

Nov 21, 2012 (P Bousquet) - The mineralization is contained within iron rich massive sulphides bands in volcanics.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 21, 2012 (P Bousquet) - The best intersections from hole #3 returned assays of 0.14% Pb and 1.22 oz/t Ag over 3.1 ft, and 0.94% Cu over 1.1ft (T-2161/63.1225).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
2 Exhalative
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Disseminated
1 Stratabound

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Contact

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 1 N/A N/A

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: 41O-150  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Heenan, Marion and northern part of Genoa townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2067 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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 - Geology of Heenan and Marion townships and the northern part of Genoa Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R038 Date: 1997

Author: Goodwin A.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 244-245  Date: 1969

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 Page: 160  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: 257  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Genoa Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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