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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge Trench L254e - 1985, Conquest Yellowknife Trench 1 - 1994, MacDonnell Trench Area 3 - 1998 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2009-Jul-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Heenan
Latitude: 47° 47' 5.54" Longitude: -82° 21' 15.57"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 398555 Northing: 5293278 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16SW
Point Location Description: North end of trench, transferred to GIS for UTM coords.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is located approximately 110 kms. southwest of Timmins, Ont. Access is gained by good logging roads south from Hwy. 101 near Foleyet on the Dore Road or west from Hwy. 144 south of Gogama on the Sultan Industrial Road and then north on the Dore Road. The Heenan Road off of the Dore Road leads to further logging roads that cross the property.
1965-66: W. G. Wahl carried out a ground magnetic survey and mapping (T-2311). 1973, 1980-1985, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. carried out ground geophysics, stripping, mapping, humus geochemistry, diamond drilling, and trenching (T-2105, T-2345). 1975: U. S. Steel International / W.G. Wahl (Claim Lake Grid) carried out ground geophysics, mapping, and rock and soil geochemical survey (T-2311). 1987-1988: Ressources Halex Inc. (Falconbridge Option) carried out a geophysical survey and drilling (T-3313). 1994, Conquest Yellowknife Resources completed trenching and sampling (T-3733). 1998: Archibald, G.M. carried out prospecting and mapping (T-4375). 1999: A. Macdonnell completed stripping and re-assaying of original trench (T-4260). 2005-2006: VenCan Gold Corporation completed ground and airborne geophysical surveys (T-5112, T-5328, T-5418).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2105 / 2.1265 | 41O16SW0060 | 41O16SW0060 |
| T-2311 / 2.2085 | 41O16SW9149 | 41O16SW9149 |
| T-2345 / W8106-00171 | 41O16SW5023 | 41O16SW5023 |
| T-2345 / 2.3744 | 41O16SE0018 | 41O16SE0018 |
| T-2345 / 2.5183 | 41O16SE0019 | 41O16SE0019 |
| T-2345 / 2.5182 | 41O16SE0450 | 41O16SE0450 |
| T-2345 / 2.7756 | 41O16SW0004 | 41O16SW0004 |
| T-2345 / 2.6582 | 41O16SW0007 | 41O16SW0007 |
| T-2345 / 21 | 41O16SW0047 | 41O16SW0047 |
| T-2345 / 2.8485 | 41O16SW0002 | 41O16SW0002 |
| T-2345 / 2.8843 | 41O16SE0010 | 41O16SE0010 |
| T-3313 / 63.5169 | 41O16SE0006 | 41O16SE0006 |
| T-3733 / W9560-00201 | 41O16SW0013 | 41O16SW0013 |
| T-4260 / 2.19636 | 41O16SW2003 | 41O16SW2003 |
| T-5112 / 2.29451 | 20000000278 | 20000000278 |
| T-5115 / 2.29451 | 20000000278 | 20000000278 |
| T-5328 / 2.31641 | 20000001192 | 20000001192 |
| T-5418 / 2.33014 | 20000001584 | 20000001584 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Jasper | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 10, 2009 (D Draper) - Channel samples from the north end of Trench L254E returned 680 ppb Au over 8ft and 1000 ppb Au over the next 29ft. (Notation on Compilation Sheet 1 indicates 2 surface samples in this same vicinity assayed 1100 and 1300ppb Au; no other information on these samples was filed.) Falconbridge hole 668-13-85 (collared 260m northeast of trench locn) returned 450ppb Au over 6ft at the base of a unit of banded iron formation in contact with greywacke. (T-2345) Conquest Yellowknife trenched and stripped an area approximately 150m NW of Falconbridge's trench. Sampling over 12 feet of Trench 1 returned up to 3881 ppb Au (0.113 opt) in cherty IF; Trench 2, 35ft south of 1, exposed quartz veining with up to 50% py and assayed up to 3391ppb Au (0.099opt). (T-3733) MacDonnell resampled Trench L254E, obtaining 4577ppb Au over 3ft . (T-4260)
File - Resident Geologist file T-4375
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451
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 - Heenan Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0135 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Heenan, Marion and northern part of Genoa townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2067 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Particulate Gold Abundance in Surficial Sediments [-10 Mesh (<2mm) Size Fraction], Rush Lake Area, District of Timmins
Publication Number: P3324 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Bernier M.A., Pierna B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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