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Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DH R44-15 - 1996 |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2007-Jun-13 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper
Township or Area: Robb
Latitude: 48° 36' 20.57" Longitude: -81° 38' 36.19"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 452570.996 Northing: 5383826 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12SE
Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole, coord from log (NAD27 converted to NAD83)
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1954, Dominion Gulf: Ground geophysics and geology (T-562) 1962, Duvan Copper Company Ltd.: Geophysics, diamond drilling, assays (T-719) 1964, Cincinnati Porcupine: Geophysics (T-1166) 1988, Falconbridge Limited: Geophysics (T-3189 / 2.11273) 1996, Falconbridge Limited: Diamond drilling, assays (T-3189 / 2.17648; 2.17499) 1998, Falconbridge Limited/Explorers Alliance Corporation: Geophysics (T-4005 / 2.18547)
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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T-0562, 63.679 | 42A12SE0278 | 42A12SE0278 |
T-0719, 63.1229 | 42A12SE0279 | 42A12SE0279 |
T-1166, 63.2097 | 42A12SE0250 | 42A12SE0250 |
T-3189 / 2.11273 | 42A12SE0232 | 42A12SE0232 |
T-3189 / 2.17648 | 42A12SE0030 | 42A12SE0030 |
T-3189 / 2.17499 | 42A12SE0028 | 42A12SE0028 |
T-4005 / 2.18547 | 42A12SE2002 | 42A12SE2002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Amygdaloidal; Spherulitic | Contains |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Strong | |||
Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Medium | |||
Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 3 |
Jun 14, 2007 (D Draper) - Drillhole R44-15 returned an average of 1.08% Zn over 10m from 119m to 129m. A 0.30m sample at 112.8m assayed 2.12% Zn and a 0.30m sample at 384.5m returned 2700ppm Cu. Drillhole R44-17 was collared 175m grid N of R44-15 and returned values as follows: 5220ppm Cu over 0.75m at 160.5m; an average of 8980ppm Zn over 1m at 360m; 2.54% Zn over 0.75m at 408m downhole. All samples taken from felsic volcanic units. (T-3189)
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