| Title | Indicator mineral data bedrock samples from the Broken Hammer Cu-Ni-PGE-Au deposit, North Range, Sudbury Structure, Ontario |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | McClenaghan, M B ;
Kjarsgaard, I M; Ames, D E |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8369, 2018, 41 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/308213  Open Access |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the following
publications |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); rtf; xlsx (Microsoft® Excel®) |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 41I/11; 41I/12 |
| Area | Sudbury; Kumska Lake; Joe Lake; Nelson Lake; Wisner Lake; Copenhagen Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -81.5000 -81.0000 46.8333 46.7000 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geochemistry; mineral deposits; mineral exploration; exploration methods; nickel; copper; gold; magmatic deposits; hydrothermal deposits; vein deposits; structural controls;
sperrylite; chalcopyrite; pyrite; epidote; titanite; apatite; allanite; mineral occurrences; zinc; lead; geochemical analyses; electron probe analyses; bedrock geology; lithology; igneous rocks; intrusive rocks; diabases; diorites; gabbros;
granophyres; norites; granites; tonalites; granodiorites; pegmatites; monzonites; sedimentary rocks; argillites; breccias; metamorphic rocks; gneisses; amphibolites; intrusions; dykes; diabase dykes; regoliths; structural features; faults; Archean;
Sudbury Impact Structure; North Range; Sudbury Igneous Complex; Broken Hammer Deposit; Cartier Batholith; Levack Gneiss Complex; Sudbury Dike Swarm; Onwatin Formation; Onaping Formation; Dowling Member; Sandcherry Member; Sudbury Breccia; Matachewan
Diabase; Superior Province; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; photographs; tables; photomicrographs; pie charts |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-5) Nickel-copper-PGE-chromium systems |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-3), 2005-2010 Deep Search TGI-3 |
| Released | 2018 05 09 |
| Abstract | Bedrock samples were collected from the Broken Hammer Cu-Ni-PGE-Au deposit and surrounding host lithologies by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) to determine which indicator minerals are indicative
of this deposit type. The deposit is known for world-class sperrylite crystals that are as large as 15 mm. The bedrock samples were processed using a combination of crushing, tabling, and heavy liquid separation to produce heavy mineral (>3.2
specific gravity) concentrates, which were then visually examined under binocular microscope. Ore minerals recovered from the mineralized samples include sperrylite (up to 2 mm in size), michenerite, tellurobismuthite, kotulskite, and merenskyite, as
well as gold and chalcopyrite. GSC open file 8384 reports the results presented for GSC till samples collected around the deposit. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This GSC open file reports indicator mineral data for bedrock samples from a Cu-Ni-PGE deposit on the North Range of the Sudbury Basin. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 308213 |
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