Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Broken Hill DDH #3 - 1971, Siragusa #91 - 1993 |
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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-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Benneweis
Latitude: 47° 33' 24.65" Longitude: -81° 49' 59.34"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 437320.59 Northing: 5267383.71 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for ddh #3
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access into Bennweis Tp is by a gravel road which used to join Highway 144 to the Makwa siding on the CNR tracks. The prospect is accessible by a 1 km traverse north of the gravel road.
1970-72: Broken Hill Exploration - prospecting, ground VLF-EM survey, 3 ddh. 1984: Hargor Resources - regional airborne mag and EM-VLF survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2005 / | 41P12SW0020 | 41P12SW0020 |
| T-2005 / 2.333 | 41P12SW0024 | 41P12SW0024 |
| T-2357 / 2.3559 | 41O09NW9161 | 41O09NW9161 |
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 | Granite | 1 | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted in a massive granite with blue quartz eyes.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Disseminated pyrite forms up to 1% of the rock, locally with trace amounts of chalcopyrite. One 5 mm thick chalcopyrite vein resulted in an elevated assay of 0.5% Cu and traces of Au over 6 inches, compared to the typical value of 0.01% Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unknown |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown |
File - Resident Geologist files T-2004
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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:
Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Parry Sound area, volumes 1 to 5
Publication Number: OFR5488 Page: 116 Date: 1984
Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
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: 476-477 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
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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