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Record: MDI000000000671

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canico Sample 43181 - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Jun-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dore

Latitude: 47° 50' 13.7"    Longitude: -82° 34' 53.54"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 381655   Northing: 5299410    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O15SE

Point Location Description: Sample locn in outcrop

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1981: Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd. completed an airborne geophysical survey. 1984: Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd. carried out geological survey, sampling, ground geophysics, and diamond drilling (T-2446). 1988: A. Hopkins completed an airborne geophysical survey (T-2337). 1996-97: Inmet Mining Corporation carried out ground geophysics, sampling, 1 diamond drill hole south of occ. locn., mapping, lithogeochemical survey (T-3823, T-4052). 1998: C. Mortimer completed stripping, trenching, and 1 diamond drill hole south of occ. locn. (T-4229).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2337 / 2.11654 41O16SW0550 41O16SW0550
T-2446 / 2.4576 41O15SE0115 41O15SE0115
T-2446 / 63.4493 41O15SE0064 41O15SE0064
T-3823 / 2.16945 41O15SE0067 41O15SE0067
T-3823 / 2.17226 41O16SW0016 41O16SW0016
T-3823 / 2.17466 41O15SE0069 41O15SE0069
T-4052 / 2.18642 41O16SW2002 41O16SW2002
T-4229 / 2.19522 41O15SE2006 41O15SE2006

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Tuff Contains
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry 2 Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 29, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Canico borehole 72506 was drilled to test a medium strength IP anomaly on the northeastern grid. Weakly pyritic felsic lapilli tuffs were intersected.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
PyriteAlterationPyritic1UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Jun 03, 2009 (D Draper) - Grab sample from an outcrop of felsic tuff assayed 2.12ppm Au. Canico borehole 72506 was collared approximately 185m NW of the sample site, bearing south. The hole intersected weakly pyritic felsic lapilli tuff and returned a best assay of 375ppb Au over 0.52m. (T-2446)



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Swayze and Dore townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2070 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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