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| Record Name(s) | Moneta Porcupine DDH M-55-01 - 1993 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Mar-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper
Township or Area: Godfrey
Latitude: 48° 30' 48.92" Longitude: -81° 30' 2.24"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 463028.002 Northing: 5373507.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12SE
Point Location Description: drill collar on sketch in T-3546
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 576 and a series of lumber roads and old trails.
1993-99: Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. - DD-7-1613m, ground geophysics, downhole geophysics. 2000-2001: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3546, 59 | 42A05NE8515 | 42A05NE8515 |
| T-4240 | 42A11SW2022 | 42A11SW2022 |
| T-4525 | 42A11SW2029 | 42A11SW2029 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Sheared | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 21, 2008 (A Wilson) - A 3.28 m section of core returned 7.9% Zn. The sulphides are hosted within a sulphide-rich graphitic breccia.
Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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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Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Robb, Jamieson, Loveland, Macdiarmid and Thorburn Townships
Publication Number: P3556 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative
Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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