Mine detail: Ansil

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Location

Lat / long:

48.35416, -79.11637

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chert
Discovery year:	1981

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Northwest Rhyolite;Rusty Ridge Andesite
Host 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.
Alteration processes:	Chlorite And Sericite Regional Haloes; Alteration Significant In Hanging Wall

References

MRDS	TC00506
DEP	10056487
Reference	{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA}{Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D.