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| Record Name(s) | Rusty Hill Project - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-May-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Township or Area: Prosser
Latitude: 48° 44' 9.75" Longitude: -81° 17' 16.39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 478832.15 Northing: 5398153.34 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11NW
Point Location Description: Centre of area of many drill holes locate to the N of Rusty Hill. N1/2 Lot 8 Conc. 2 Prosser Tp.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: From the Junction of Highway 101 and 655, proceed N of 655 for 20.3 km. Turn east of a gravel road for 100 m then turn N on gravel road under power line. Proceed N 11.2 km to a muskeg trail leading east. Follow the muskeg trail E 1.6 km to the general area of the occurrence.
Between 1959 and 1973 geophysics was completed over 8 grids and 17overburden holes and 17 ddh completed by Texas Gulf Sulfur and Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. 1980 Input AEM survey, followed by geophysics on 223.2 km grid.1983 - 10 ddh - 2673.7 m, 1984 4 ddh - 1086.3 m, 1985 31 ovbd holes and 8 ddh - 2121.7 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-0487, 63.2038 | 42A11NW0006 | 42A11NW0006 |
| T-0487, 10 | 42A11NW0001 | 42A11NW0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - For a geological description of the Rusty Hill area see pages 5 thru 7 of Comba, C.D.A., Binney, W.P., Stewart, R.D., Cunnison, K.M. and Mullen, D.V. 1986. Timmins, Ontario: exceptional exposures of Archean Subaerial and shallow subaqueous volcanic rocks and associated ore deposits, Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada, Canadian Geophysical Union, Joint Annual Meeting, Ottawa '86, Field Trip 5: Guidebook, 25p.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Pillowed, Brecciated | Near |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Rhyolite | Flows And Fragmentals | Near |
| Claystone | 3 | Graphitic Argillite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - 1973 ddh P21-02 2200 ppm Cu, 9600 ppm Zn over 0.3 m in graphitic tuff with minor pyrite beds 1983 ddh P23-13 11.2% pb, 0.6% Zn over 0.6 m in veins within felsic tuff and 2.4% Zn over 0.5 m in laminated exhalite 1984 ddh P23-15 4.5% Zn over 1.3 m in a flow top and exhalite 1984 ddh P23-16 4.2% Cu, 1.8% Zn over 0.19 m in a massive sulphide lens 1985 ddh P31-2 3100 ppm over 6.0 m in veinlets with in mafic volcanics.
Book - GAC-MAC 1986 Field Trip 5: Guidebook
Publication Number: GAC-MAC Date: 1986
Author: Comba, C.D.A. et al
Publisher Name: GAC-MAC
Location: Timmins RGO
File - Resident Geologist files T-3573, T-4778
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