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| Record Name(s) | Laurion DH AR-06-01 - 2006 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2009-Apr-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Massey
Latitude: 48° 31' 25.07" Longitude: -81° 45' 10.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 444399 Northing: 5374775.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12SW
Point Location Description: Precise: UTM coords for collar of hole AR-06-01
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: To the west of Timmins, just west of the Tembec sawmill, an all-weather gravel road proceeds northwest from Hwy 101. This gravel road, commonly known as Mallette Road or Montcalm Mine Road, traverses Laurion's Enid-Massey property from kilometer 31 to kilometer 44. Winter Lake Road proceeds north from kilometer 20 of Mallette Road and Laurion's Argos Grid drill sites were situated near Winter Lake Road approximately 450m north of the north end of Horseshoe Lake in the NE of Massey Twp.
1965, Globe Exploration: Ground geophysics 2006, Laurion Minerals: Airborne geophysics; ground geophysics (not on file); drilling, assays
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-0988 / 63.1522 | 42A12SE0551 | 42A12SE0551 |
| T-5489 / 2.33945 | 20000001902 | 20000001902 |
| T-5606 / 2.36601 | 20000000045 | 20000000045 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic Tuff | 1 | Basalt | Tuff | Contains |
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Apr 16, 2009 (D Draper) - Hole intersected basaltic flow unit and a cherty basaltic tuff interbedded with chert and siltstone.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 16, 2009 (D Draper) - Hole AR-06-01 returned some elevated Zn assays, the highest being 2660ppm Zn over 1m from a section within basaltic tuff mineralized with trace sphalerite as disseminations and fracture fillings and trace chalcopyrite.
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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MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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