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| Record Name(s) | Newmont DH 298-84-11 - 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
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 30' 27.68" Longitude: -81° 11' 46.98"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 485495 Northing: 5372748.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Hole coordinates of DH 298-84-11 per Timmins DCL record TI1381
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via road north of South Porcupine.
1984: Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd.- DD-1-1086 ft, assays(Timmins DCL TI1381)
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Calcite | Host |
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| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Basalt | Pillowed | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 09, 2015 (D Draper) - The top third of Hole 298-84-11, bearing due south, consisted of a unit of pillowed basalt cut by quartz veining (+/- sericite and calcite) which returned gold values from two zones as follows: @ 329.7 feet, 2.6ft of 973 ppb Au (0.036 oz/t Au) followed by 0.6ft of 4119 ppb (0.123oz/t Au) ; @ 399.3ft, 1.5ft of 1178 ppb Au followed by 0.6 ft of 2571 ppb. Copper values from the same intervals returned 216 ppm Cu over 2.6 ft) and 214 ppm ( over 0.6 ft).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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| 1 | Vein |
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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