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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Silver Summit Mines DDH #10 - 1970
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2007-Jul-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Bartlett

Latitude: 48° 8' 38.22"    Longitude: -81° 14' 28.59"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 482051.998   Northing: 5332327.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NE

Point Location Description: drill collar on drill plan in T-1091

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1955-56: Zenmac Metal Mines: geology, ground geophysics. 1957-60: Paymaster Consolidated Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, geology, ground geophysics. 1970: Silver Summit Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, DD-1-500 1973: Granges Exploration Canada AB - airborne geophysics. 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics, geology. 1988: QPX Minerals Inc. - ground geophysics, DD-3-288 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-610, 63.699 42A03NE8462 42A03NE8462
T-1643 41P14NE0216 41P14NE0216
T-2416 42A03NE0079 42A03NE0079
T-3305 42A03NE8465 42A03NE8465

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Feldspar Porphyry 1 Feldspar Porphyry Hanging Wall
Sulphide Ironstone 2 Sulphide-Facies Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Andesite-Dacite Footwall

Lithology Comments

Jul 10, 2007 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of feldspar porphyry, sulphide-facies iron formation, andesite and diorite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1WeakReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Jul 10, 2007 (A Wilson) - A 5.8 ft section of drill core returned 0.28 oz/t Au, 0.16% Ni and 0.02% Cu. The elevated values came from sulphide-facies iron formation.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1091

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Location: Timmins RGP Office


Map - Bartlett and Geikie townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2364 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R161 Page: 50-51  Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Bartlett Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0745 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Peterlong Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Sudbury

Publication Number: R171 Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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Map - Peterlong Lake

Publication Number: M2345 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM35H Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1997

Author: Bruce E.L., Hopkins P.E., Rogers W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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