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Record: MDI000000000243

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH HOB24-01 - 1988
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2007-Feb-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Hobson

Latitude: 50° 24' 54.62"    Longitude: -81° 38' 1.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 454964   Northing: 5584985    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42I05NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for DDH HOB24-01

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1998-99: Falconbridge Limited - DD-1-183m, palynology, WRA


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4158 / 2.19347 42I05NE2001 42I05NE2001

Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Moose River Basin



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Brecciated Host
Clayey Siltstone 2 Shale Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Feb 23, 2007 (A Wilson) - Elevated zinc values are found in brecciated limestone with mudstone matrix. The limestone is overlain by a sequence of bituminous shale/mudstone.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 23, 2007 (A Wilson) - Elevated zinc values occur in a narrow interval within the Williams Island Formation. The interval between 60.4-60.8 m hosts an unusual smoky metallic mineral (unidentified). Assay returned 1515 ppm Zn, 17 ppm Cu, 31 ppm Ni over 0.4 m.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-4452

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Moose River Basin, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM37P Scale: 1:506,880    Date: 1997

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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