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Record: MDI000000000663

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alcanex Zone 1 - 1992, Troup Sample 1522 - 1991
Related Record Type
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-May-06
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Halcrow

Latitude: 47° 49' 8.29"    Longitude: -82° 57' 27.09"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 353469.996   Northing: 5298035.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O15SW

Point Location Description: Approx. locn of Sample 1522, transferred to GIS for coords

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1984: Regal Petroleum - airborne geophysics, geological mapping. 1991: Troup, W. and Otten, B. - prospecting, sampling 1994-97: Alcanex Ltd. (Lorac Properties option) - mapping, resampling, ground geophysics, geochemical surveys, trenching. 2005: Union Gold Inc. - ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2878 / 2.7152 41O10NW0016 41O10NW0016
T-2878 / 2.8113 41O15SW0083 41O15SW0083
T-3497 / OP91-611, 612 41O09NW0076 41O09NW0076
T-3594 / 2.16341 41O15SW0037 41O15SW0037
T-3594 / 2.16896 41O15SW0054 41O15SW0054
T-5271 / 2.31190 20000001072 20000001072

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Host
Vein 2 Quartz Near
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Sheared Contains

Lithology Comments

May 06, 2009 (D Draper) - Sample location described as a trench in sheared interflow sediments with quartz veining. (T-3594)




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

May 06, 2009 (D Draper) - Troup grab sample 1522, which was described as a cherty or siliceous tuff mineralized with 15% py, assayed 570 ppb Au. Three other samples from this site returned from 290 to 360 ppb Au. (T-3497, T-3594)



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Halcrow and Denyes townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2120 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Swayze Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3511 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2002

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rollo Lake, Ontario

Publication Number: OF 3384b Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210450


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