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| Record Name(s) | Monpre Mining DDH S-2 - 1965 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Copper
Township or Area: Sothman
Latitude: 47° 52' 40.35" Longitude: -81° 17' 43.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 477914 Northing: 5302768.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P14NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: A network of Forest Access Roads leads south from Pine Street in Timmins to and through Sothman Township. The drill hole containing this occurrence was collar to the west of the main road southwest of Bardwell Lake.
1965: Monpre Mining Co.: DD- 2- 1008 ft. 1989-91: Falconbridge Limited - DD-1-419 m, airborne geophysics. 1998: T. Keast - mapping, ground geophysics, sampling prospecting, geochemistry. 2004: Mustang Minerals Corp. - airborne geophysics 2005: T. Keast and D. Healey - DD-1-152m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3362, 2.14034 | 41P14NE0055 | 41P14NE0055 |
| T-3362 | 41P14NE0055 | 41P14NE0055 |
| T-5150 | 20000000722 | 20000000722 |
| T-5093 | 41P14NE2014 | 41P14NE2014 |
| T-4197 | 41P14NW2001 | 41P14NW2001 |
| 31 | 41P14SW0051 | 41P14SW0051 |
| 36, T-3362 | 41P14NW0001 | 41P14NW0001 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Aug 30, 2010 (G Seim) - DDH S-2 cut a succession of metavolcanic flows and fragmental rocks intercalated with graphitic slate. The intersection was contained within a graphitic slate well mineralized with pyrite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Graphitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Hanging Wall | ||
| Mafic flow breccia | 3 | Breccia | Footwall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 30, 2010 (A Wilson) - Montpre DDH S-2 intersected 0.05 opt Au, 0.003 oz/t Ag and 0.01% Cu over 5 feet from 195 to 200 ft down the hole. DDH S-1 drilled to the northeast, intersected 0.23 oz/t Ag and 0.03 oz/t Au over 6 inches in a cherty tuff.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratabound |
Map - Township of Sothman, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-03 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Abraham E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Sothman Township
Publication Number: ARV62-06 Page: 26 Date: 1997
Author: Abraham E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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