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Record: MDI000000000709

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) MacFadyen #1b - 2004, Kwg DDH Spq-04-05 - 2004
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Aug-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-30
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Kimberlite, Diamond



Location

Township or Area: BMA 528 834

Latitude: 52° 52' 44.24"    Longitude: -83° 56' 57.59"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 301539.998   Northing: 5862879.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 43B13NW

Point Location Description: exact

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1992-93: K.W. G. Resources Inc/Spider Resources Inc./Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. - airborne survey, ground geophysical surveys. 2001-04: Spider Resources/KWG Resources - geophysical interpretation, ground geophysics, DD-1-142.5 m. 2008: Debuts Diamonds Inc. - DD-1, bulk sampling, anlys, geochemistry


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5323 20000001226 20000001226
T-5858 20000003777 20000003777

Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Kimberlite-Unsubdivided 1 Hypabyssal Host
Limestone 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Oct 19, 2009 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a 0.74 m wide dike between 82 and 82.74 m. Below the Paleozoic rocks at a depth of 105.08 m the drill hole intersected 26.3 m of hypabyssal kimberlite. The kimberlite is dark in colour, contains chrome diopside, orange and pyrope garnets.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 19, 2009 (A Wilson) - No diamonds were recovered from the upper dike. The lower pipe contained 5 diamonds.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Kimberlite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Discordant
1 Intrusive

References

Publication - Technical report on the MacFadyen Property

Publication Number: NI 43-101 Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: M. Tremblay and H. R. Butler

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO files


Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-East Sheet

Publication Number: P3598-REV Scale: 1:500,000    Date: 2008

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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