Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Westario - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jun-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron, Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Vermilion Additional
Latitude: 50° 4' 17.22" Longitude: -92° 11' 37.96"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 557686.438 Northing: 5546886.207 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52K01SE
Point Location Description: Pit with py showing on P0337
Location Method: Data Compilation
1940s-1950: Westario Sulphur Mines ltd. surface work and diamond drilling on a pyrite zone. 1951: Candela Development Co. optioned the property. 1952: Candela drilled 3 DDH totalling 188 m approximately 850 m to the southwest of the pit. No assays reported.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | quartz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | intermediate to mafic |
Aug 09, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - Johnston (1966) shows a 3" (7.6 cm) quartz vein in an intermediate to mafic schistose greenstone.
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 09, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - Canadian Mines Handbook (1952) reported that Westario Sulphur Mines Ltd. worked a pyrite zone 2000 feet (610 m) long and an average of 25 feet (7.6 m) wide. No assays reported.
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1952, Westario Sulphur
Publication Number: CMH 1952 Page: 201 Date: 1996
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Map - Vermilion Lake area, east part, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P0337 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1966
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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