Description
Minnova Corp. Geologists
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite · Northwest Rhyolite;Rusty Ridge Andesite
StructureAbitibi Greenstone Belt, Homoclinal Sequence Dipping 45deg To 50deg E; Two Faults At Mine, D-G Fault With Nw Trend And The Snooop Fault With An East, North-East Trend. Displacement Of 50-100 M Does Not Affect Deposit; Contact Between Nw Rhyolite And Rusty Ridge Andesite Has A Staircase Patten To The Top Of The Rhyolite. Contact Exhibits Small-Scale Shears Suggesting Late Thrust Movement.
AlterationChlorite And Sericite Regional Haloes; Alteration Significant In Hanging Wall
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1981
Identification
Deposit ID10056487
MRDS IDTC00506
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.35416, -79.11637
References
CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADACORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.