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Record: MDI000000000572

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rio Tinto DH 49-10-1 - 1961
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Jul-22
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Matheson

Latitude: 48° 34' 21.96"    Longitude: -80° 57' 25.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 503159.998   Northing: 5379965.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A10SW

Point Location Description: Precise - collar location of drillhole 49-10-1 on GIS georeferenced image of OGS Map P.3271

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1961, Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd.: Drilling, assays (T-676) 1982-84, D. McKinnon (Eastern Mines Ltd.): Geophysical and geochemical surveys (T-2606) 2004, J.D. Moran: Geophysical and geochemical surveys (T-5304)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2606 / 2.4852 42A10SW8864 42A10SW8864
T-2606 / 2.5984 42A10SW8867 42A10SW8867
T-2606 / 2.6134 42A10SW8868 42A10SW8868
T-2606 / 2.6976 42A10SW0068 42A10SW0068
T-5304 / 2.31057 20000001099 20000001099

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 22, 2008 (D Draper) - A shear zone within graphitic, pyritic, highly altered sediments assayed 0.02 opt Au over 4ft. A stringer of surgary quartz within this unit initially returned 0.07 opt Au, although it re-assayed at only 0.01 opt. (T-676)



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-0676

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Timmins data series, Matheson Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2089 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of Matheson and Evelyn Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5900 Date: 1994

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology of Matheson and Evelyn Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P3271 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1994

Author: Berger B.R.

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