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MDI41P12SW00042
| Record Name(s) | Viewpoint South - 1972 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Nov-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Chester
Latitude: 47° 32' 45.12" Longitude: -81° 52' 14.58"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 434480.58 Northing: 5266194.7 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SW
Point Location Description: Stated position of the showing at Line 32E just north of the Base Line
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The easiest access is probably via boat up Mesomikenda Lake into South Camp Bay to a point where the old base line intersected the lake. From this point a 300m traverse is required in order to get to the area.
It is unknown who excavated the trenches that have been found at this showing. 1971: Viewpoint Exploration acquired the ground and started a line cutting and geological reconnaissance program. During this work an old set of trenches were found which exposed some copper mineralization. Follow-up work in the next year consisted of a magnetic and an induced polarization survey over the area which were inconclusive. 1979: The ground was staked by Harold Kenty and optioned to Murgold resources in the following year. Reported exploration by Murgold over the next ten years was directed towards the various gold deposits to the northwest. No ground work in the vicinity of the present showing has been reported. 1985: Blue Falcon Mines carried out a regional airborne VLF-EM and magnetic survey which covered the area.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2036 / 63.2926 | 41P12SW0114 | 41P12SW0114 |
| T-2433 / 2.4888 | 41P12SW0071 | 41P12SW0071 |
| T-2433 / 2.4889 | 41P12SW0004 | 41P12SW0004 |
| T-3020 / 2.13771 | 41P12SE0520 | 41P12SE0520 |
| T-2036 / 2.914 | 41P12SW0108 | 41P12SW0108 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2740 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384A
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The mineralization is located north of a southwest trending gully which has been interpreted as a shear zone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Pegmatitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Vein | Host |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The host rock is a granitoid with quartz, feldspar and pegmatitic patches. A large north trending diabase dyke has been recognized in the magnetic survey near to the showing.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Malachite | Alteration | Supergene | 1 | Weak | Replacement | ||
| Azurite | Alteration | Supergene | 2 | Weak | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Massive and disseminated mineralization is associated with patchy quartz veining. The malachite and azurite represents secondary mineralization.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 235 | N/A | N/A |
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: 70 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-5250
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chester and Yeo townships, and parts of Neville and Potier townships, Jerome area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2449 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Chester, Neville, Potier and Yeo Townships
Publication Number: OFM0214 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Three Duck lakes area
Publication Number: ARV41-03.001 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Gogama, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384G Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210455
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: 468-469 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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