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| Record Name(s) | Lefevre - 1928, Claim S11994 - 1928, Desourdy - 1937 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1996-Jan-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Horwood
Latitude: 47° 59' 27.12" Longitude: -82° 19' 8.58"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 401588.292 Northing: 5316126.808 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16SW
Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, GR157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A series of old trails exist in the general area of the prospect and terminate at a fishing camp on the west shore of the Peninsula.
1928 The ground was staked by Mr J.A. Lefevre. A chip sample from the better mineralization returned 1.87% Cu and 9.2 g/t (0.27 opt).
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 (Q Unknown) - The mineralization is hosted in highly sheared and crenulated material.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | N/A |
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Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - Mafic flows with intercalated tuffs host the mineralization.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best reported assays were 1.87% Cu and 9.2 g/t Au.
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - Stringers and disseminations of pyrite, pyrrhotite together with some chalcopyrite and trace amounts sphalerite.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown | 280 | 80 | N/A | N/A |
Map - Horwood Lake, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2329 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975
Author: Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Horwood Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-07.002 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
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
Part - Geology of the Horwood Lake area
Publication Number: ARV46-02 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Mineral occurrences in the Woman River District, Ontario.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1930
Author: Bannerman
Publisher Name:
Location: GSC-SR29-C1
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: 324-325 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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