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Record: MDI000000000244

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH HOG96-01 - 1996
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2007-Feb-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Hogg

Latitude: 50° 26' 12.52"    Longitude: -81° 40' 25.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 452144   Northing: 5587416    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42I05NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for DDH HOG96-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Site is accessible by train from Timmins.



Exploration History

1998-99: Falconbridge Limited - DD-2-487 m, palynology, WRA. 2003: DIOS Exploration Inc. - ground geophysics, DD-1-110 ft


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
T-5307 / 2.31880 20000001278 20000001278

Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host
Limestone 2 Bituminous Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 19, 2014 (A Wilson) - Elevated zinc values in finely laminated limestone of Kwataboahegan Formation. Overlain by sequence of brecciated limestones. Adjacent drill hole also returned anomalous Zn in Kwataboahegan Fm. The Kwataboahegan Formation is slightly bituminous in this area. The drill holes are roughly 250 m apart.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 23, 2007 (A Wilson) - Elevated Zn values in a narrow interval in Kwataboahegan Formation. Interval 222.24-222.36 m returned 1960 ppm Zn, 10 ppm Cu and 25 ppm Ni over 0.12m.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-4452

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Southern part of James Bay Lowland, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: M1952-03 Scale: 1:506,880    Date: 1997

Author: Martison N.W., Dyer W.S., Kindle E.M., Williams M.Y., Van Tuyl F.M., Savage T.E., Wilson W.J., Parks W.A., Bell R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Coral Rapids-Cochrane sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2161 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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