Mine detail: Ansil

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Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 48.35416, -79.11637
dep_id: 10056487
mrds_id: TC00506
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Chert
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Chlorite And Sericite Regional Haloes; Alteration Significant In Hanging Wall
Reporter: Bliss, James D.
hrock_unit: Northwest Rhyolite;Rusty Ridge Andesite
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: Abitibi 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.
disc_yr: 1981
discr: Minnova Corp. Geologists
References:
  • Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA
  • Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.
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