Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Geophysical Engineering QQQ3 - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Jun-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Penhorwood
Latitude: 48° 7' 11.61" Longitude: -82° 4' 5.29"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 420507.14 Northing: 5330177.72 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B01SE
Point Location Description: Based on distances and bearings in assessment file.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is by road via the Kenogaming and then Penhorwood Main Haul roads. Just west of Kenogaming township there are a series of secondary forestry roads branching off the main haul road to the south that go 8 km towards the area of the drill set up. The last 4 km is via winter road.
1956: Johns Manville - geological mapping; HLEM and magnetic surveys. 1977 - Geophysical Engineering: mag and EM surveys, diamond drilling. 2005: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag. 2007: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-506 / 63.469 | 42B01NE0124 | 42B01NE0124 |
| T-5457 / 2.33264 | 20000002366 | 20000002366 |
| T-1851 / | 42B01SE0018 | 42B01SE0018 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Muskego-Reeves
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the Hardiman Deformation Zone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuffs | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Graphitic | Host |
Feb 09, 2016 (A Wilson) - Elevated copper and zinc values are found within stringers of pyrrhotite-pyrite within fine-grained argillites to slates. The graphitic zone is located at 134-142 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Highly graphitic pyrrhotite-pyrite nodules and stringers found within fine-grained metasediments. Assays returned values of 2010 ppm Zn and 840 ppm Cu and 1650 ppm Zn and 510 ppm Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Replacement |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 3 | 85 |
Book - Penhorwood Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1993
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Horwood Lake sheet, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0673 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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