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MDI41P15SW00005
| Record Name(s) | Penassi Project - 1996 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-May-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jun-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Iron
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Rankin
Latitude: 47° 45' 58.58" Longitude: -80° 54' .49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 507482.879 Northing: 5290327.762 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P15SW
Point Location Description: GRID LOCATION
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1995-1996: Phelps Dodge Corp of Canada Ltd. ground geophysics (MAG, EM), line cutting, sampling and assaying. 1997: Roy Annett- diamond drilling (2 DDH, 174 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| CO-1768 | 41P15SW0005 | 41P15SW0005 |
| 2.16855, CO-1767 | 41P15SW0004 | 41P15SW0004 |
| 2.18147 | 41P15SW2001 | 41P15SW2001 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Porphyry | 1 | Rhyolitic | Mineralized, sheared | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Quartz sericite schist | Contains | |
| Undetermined pillowed flow | 4 | Near | ||
| Arenite | 6 | Quartzite | Contains | |
| Vein | 22 | Quartz-carbonate | Contains | |
| Mafic Tuff | 33 | Host | ||
| Conglomerate | 44 | Polymictic | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Epidote | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Silica | Alteration | |||||
| 6 | Sericite | Alteration | |||||
| 8 | Chlorite | Alteration |
Jun 28, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Two rusty gossan samples from a sheared and silicified mafic tuff assayed respectively 3210 ppm copper and 40.30% iron, and 2920 ppm copper and 25% iron. Another sample from a sheared quartz porphyry with quartz eye assayed 19.40% iron, 1850 ppm zinc and 207 ppm copper (File 41P15SW0005).
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