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| Record Name(s) | Newmont DH 298-84-6 - 1984 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 31' 14.9" Longitude: -81° 10' 49.39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 486680 Northing: 5374204 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Hole coordinates of DH 298-84-6 per Timmins DCL record TI1378
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1937-1939: Bonetal Gold Mines Ltd.: mapping . 1960: Rollex Mines Ltd.: mapping (or geological compilation). 1984: Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd.- DD-1-1542 ft, assays
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Siltstone | 1 | Graphitic Argillites | Contains |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Massive To Pillowed | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 09, 2015 (D Draper) - Hole 298-84-6, bearing due south, assayed 4250 ppm Zn over 0.9ft (1210.3 to 1211.2 ft); 7050 ppm Zn over 0.8ft (1235.9 to 1236.7 ft); and 6050 ppm Zn over 5ft (1444.7 to 1449.7 ft); from graphitic, argillaceous sediments mineralized with from 5% to 15% po.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0189, T-0215, T-2918
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Whitney and Hoyle Townships
Publication Number: P3547-REV Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 2005
Author: Bateman R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Structural geology, Whitney Township
Publication Number: P3172 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1991
Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Whitney Township, northwest quarter
Publication Number: P0009 Scale: 1:6,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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