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| Record Name(s) | Benneweis Lake - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Mar-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Benneweis
Latitude: 47° 33' 37.78" Longitude: -81° 48' 49.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 438785.59 Northing: 5267773.74 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SW
Point Location Description: Approx location of ddh collared on lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The road into Bennewis Tp is accessed via Highway 144, approximately 20 km south of the Gogama turnoff. The property is access about 2.5 km east along the logging road. Benneweis Lake is approximately 500 m north of the road.
1971: Safari Exploration - IP survey, diamond drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2006 / 2.445 | 41P12SW0023 | 41P12SW0023 |
| T-2006 / | 41P12SW0021 | 41P12SW0021 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2740 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384A
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Host |
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Jun 14, 2013 (A Wilson) - The main rock types in and around Benneweis Lake are mapped as granitic on the northwest and southeast shores, with a band of foliated basaltic flows cross cutting the lake in a NE-SW direction. Both rock types are cut by late diabase dikes.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 14, 2013 (A Wilson) - A report by Safari Exploration summarized the vertical diamond drill hole on Benneweis Lake as lightly mineralized quartz-feldspar porphyry. This unit was sheared and minor amounts of pyrite and chalcopyrite were present.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown |
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Pensyl Lake area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2534 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 475-476 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 Page: 41P-30 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Benneweis and St. Louis Townships
Publication Number: OFM0208 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
Map - Three Duck Lakes area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM41D Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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