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Record: MDI42B05SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ontario Syndicate Anomaly C-14 - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-May-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Lang

Latitude: 48° 16' 11.63"    Longitude: -83° 48' 46.11"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 291283.48   Northing: 5350123.75    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05SW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Other Literature

Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from the South Bay of Missinaibi Lake.



Exploration History

1970: Ontario Syndicate - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (267 ft), airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Lang-0012 / 42B05SW0110 20000005053 20000005053
Lang-0011 / 2.550 42B05SW0112 42B05SW0112

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 MA   



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Chlorite Contains
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite-Amphibolite-Garnet Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Aug 01, 2013 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a siliceous zone within mafic metavolcanic rocks containing quartz veins as well as a graphtic zone.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 01, 2013 (A Wilson) - A 15 foot section of drill core intersected a sphalerite-bearing quartz vein that assayed 0.40% Zn. A 52 cm long section of core from the same drill hole also assayed 0.1% Ni and 0.1% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Crooked Lake area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R172 Page: 38-39  Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 238  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report

Publication Number: Robinson Page: 155  Date: 1993

Author: Robinson, D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Timmins RGP


Map - Marsh and Lang townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2381 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1977

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Lang Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0744 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Dupuis C.P., Hunter A.D., Soucie G.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1976

Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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