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| Record Name(s) | Newmont DH 298-84-10 - 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: Gold
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 30' 46.79" Longitude: -81° 11' 46.81"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 485500 Northing: 5373339 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Hole coordinates of DH 298-84-10 per Timmins DCL record TI1380
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1984: Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd.: DD-1-1006 ft., assays
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Calcite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 09, 2015 (D Draper) - Hole 298-84-10, bearing due south, intersected a unit of massive basalt cut by quartz veining (+/- sericite and ankerite) which assayed as follows: 0.671 opt Au over 0.5ft from a quartz-sericite zone of a quartz-calcite vein with minor pyrite and visible gold (738.5 to 739.0 ft); 0.032 opt Au over 0.8ft (818.1 to 818.9 ft) and 516ppb Au from over the next 5ft from quartz veining with pyrite and tourmaline; 0.201 opt Au over 0.8ft (887.7 to 888.5 ft) from vein with visible gold; 0.028 opt Au over 0.8ft (892.4 to 893.2 ft).
File - Resident Geologist files T-2918
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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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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
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