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Record: MDI000000000653

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Laurion DH AR-06-03 - 2006
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Apr-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Massey

Latitude: 48° 31' 25.26"    Longitude: -81° 44' 1.84"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 445815   Northing: 5374768.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: Precise: UTM coords for collar of hole AR-06-03

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.



Exploration History

1965, Globe Exploration: Ground geophysics, drilling 2006, Laurion Minerals: Airborne geophysics; ground geophysics (not on file); drilling, assays 2007, Laurion Minerals: Drilling, assays (west of occurrence)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0988 / 63.1522 42A12SE0551 42A12SE0551
T-0988 42A12SE0552 42A12SE0552
T-5489 / 2.33945 20000001902 20000001902
T-5606 / 2.36601 20000000045 20000000045
T-5702 / 2.38068 20000003397 20000003397

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Tuff Contains
Felsic Tuff 2 Tuff Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 16, 2009 (D Draper) - The mineralization is hosted by cherty mafic tuffs near the contact with fine-grained felsic tuff. (T-5606)




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 16, 2009 (D Draper) - A unit of basaltic tuff interbedded with flows and mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite assayed up to 1.62% Zn over 1m, and averaged 1.36% Zn over 3m.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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Mono - Report of Activities 2006, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6203 Page: 63  Date: 2007

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Pace A., Woo H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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