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Record: MDI000000000568

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Explorers Alliance DDH EFG99-4 - 1999
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Godfrey

Latitude: 48° 27' 4.4"    Longitude: -81° 34' 2.59"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 458046   Northing: 5366608.997    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: drill collar for EFG99-04 on sketch in T-4330

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1995-97: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics, geochemistry. 1998-2000: Explorers Alliance Corporation and Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics, DD-2-573 m, airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4230 42A12SE2008 42A12SE2008
T-4278 42A05NE2023 42A05NE2023
T-4330 42A05NE2025 42A05NE2025
T-4587 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Rhyolite Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Basalt Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Jul 22, 2008 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of felsic tuffs and mafic metavolcanic flows. Elevated assays of copper are returned from narrow sulphide stringers in sericitized rhyolite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jul 22, 2008 (A Wilson) - A 1 m section of drill core retuned 0.34% Cu and 970 ppm Zn.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3467

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological series, Godfrey Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0967 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1974

Author: Middleton R.S., Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Turnbull and Godfrey townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2330 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships

Publication Number: P3544-REV Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Timmins data series, Godfrey Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: P2075 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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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