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| Record Name(s) | Sheen Lake Occurrence - 1959, Area 1 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Fox
Latitude: 49° 0' 46.11" Longitude: -80° 46' 24.81"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 516558.376 Northing: 5428904.209 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42H02SW
Point Location Description: Outcrop
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive east from Cochrane along highway 652 for approximately 13 km to highway 574. Follow highway 574 to Brower, a distance of approximately 4.5 km. Turn east and drive along the concession road for approximately 3 km to the outcrop area.
Pre 1920: pits and trenches. 1994: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3682, 2.15963 | 42H02SE0014 | 42H02SE0014 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Garnet-Hornblende | Adjacent | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Garnet-Hornblende | Schist | Adjacent |
| Conglomerate | 4 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of four, east-trending sulphide zones in metasediments (garnet-hornblende schist and gneiss). The largest zone is up to 25 ft wide containing 15% sulphides. A 10 ft wide band of conglomerate was observed near the southern end of the outcrop area.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 2 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-404
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Cochrane sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0372 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Fox Township
Publication Number: P0099 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 114-115 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation: Fox, Stimson, Pyne, Mortimer, Sherring, Aurora, Edwards, Wesley, Calvert, Terry and Rickard Townships
Publication Number: P3393 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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