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| Record Name(s) | Rio Algom DH NE-90-10 - 1990 |
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| Date Created | 2006-Jul-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Nesbitt
Latitude: 48° 56' 55.7" Longitude: -81° 26' 32.03"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 467620.999 Northing: 5421859.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A14NW
Point Location Description: Precise: collar of drillhole
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Road access provided via Hwy 655 from Timmins which runs N-S through east-central Nesbitt Twp. and then west on secondary gravel roads.
1963-1966, Abitibi-Canico JV: Inco options properties in 10 twps from Abitibi Price 1963-1964, Abitibi-Canico JV: Amag, AEM (T-3529, 63.4838) 1965-1971, McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd.: 10 township option agreement with Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Limited 1965, McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd.: Stream sediment geochemistry (T-3842; 63.4838) 1969-1970, McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd.: 6-township compilation report (T-4472) 1970, McIntyre: Compln report (T-3535, 63.4828) 1971: Properties returned to Abitibi-Price 1980-1981, Hudbay Mining JV with Abitibi Price: Amag, AEM (T-3534) 1983-1985, Chevron Canada Resources: Regional compilation (T-3539, T-3529) ; Amag, AEM (T-3566, 63.4819) 1989, Rio Algom Exploration: Options Abitibi Price property, begins 10 twp Abitibi-Timmins project 1990-1991, Rio Algom: Compilation and reinterpretation of previous work; mapping; ground mag and HLEM surveys; sonic and reverse circulation drilling, petrographic analysis, heavy mineral geochemistry; (T-3573) 1989, Rio Algom Exploration: Options Abitibi Price property, begins 10 twp Abitibi-Timmins project 1990-1991, Rio Algom: Compilation and reinterpretation of previous work; mapping; ground mag and HLEM surveys; sonic and reverse circulation drilling, petrographic analysis, heavy mineral geochemistry; diamond drilling, assays (T-3573; log for NE-90-10 not in file-see DCL TI4228)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3566 / 63.4816 | 42A14NW0011 | 42A14NW0011 |
| T-3535 / 63.4828 | 42A14NW0010 | 42A14NW0010 |
| 63.4838 | 42A14SE0106 | 42A14SE0106 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Iron Tholeiite | Adjacent | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Polymictic | Adjacent |
Jul 17, 2006 (D Draper) - Hole drilled to 407m, bearing Az 270 deg, dipping -50 deg. Mineralization in iron formtion with basalt/Fe-tholeiite uphole and polymictic conglomerate downhole.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 17, 2006 (D Draper) - Assay results: 690 ppb Au & 2300 ppm Cu over 1.9m @ 147.8m, in iron formation mineralized with mag, py, cp
Core - Drill Core Library File TI4228
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Location: Timmins RGP office
File - Resident Geologist files T-3529, T-3534, T-3539, T-3573, T-4472
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