Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Zinc Lake Prospect - 1911, Marshay - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1979-Oct-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Shelley, Marshay
Latitude: 47° 9' 19.61" Longitude: -81° 26' 53.53"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 466024 Northing: 5222536 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41P03NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1952-53: Zinc Lake Mines Ltd. completed ground geophysics, and 12 diamond drill holes totaling 3000 feet. 1955: G. Watts completed 3 diamond drill holes totaling 87.6 feet.1955: Sagamore Explorations Ltd. completed ground geophysics. 1955: Rockwin Mines Ltd. completed 15 diamond drill holes totaling 3754 feet. 1958: Zenmac Metal Mines Limited carried out mapping, trenching, sampling, and 6 diamond drill holes totaling 1170 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Shelley-0013 / 63A.343 | 41P03NW0017 | 41P03NW0017 |
| Marshay-0014 / 2.3011 | 41P03NW0015 | 41P03NW0015 |
| Marshay-0015 | 41P03NW0019 | 41P03NW0019 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Wacke | 1 | Greywacke | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase Dike | Near |
Sep 24, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - Bedrock exposed through overburden stripping in 1958 showed mineralization associated with the intersection of greywacke and two dikes of different lithology (quartz diorite and diabase).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 24, 2019 (A Wilson) - Pyrrhotite, pyrite, galena, and sphalerite mineralization was found in stripped areas replacing siliceous sediments. Chip samples taken in 1953 returned 4.92% Zn, 1.76% Pb and 0.20 oz/t Ag over 7 feet. Chip samples near the shaft returned values up to 4.98% Zn, 3.62% Pb and 0.28 oz/t Ag over 6 feet. Drilling indicated a shoot 550 ft long and 6.2 ft. wide averaging 5.02% Zn, 1.91% Pb and 0.31 oz/t Ag.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Mineral deposits series, Ontario mineral potential, Gogama sheet and part of Ville-Marie sheet, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming
Publication Number: P1514 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 1998
Author: Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Scale: Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Marshay Township
Publication Number: GDIF527 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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