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Record: MDI000000000710

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) MacDonald DDH BM-04-03 - 2004
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Aug-17
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: BMA 532 862

Latitude: 53° 13' 23.54"    Longitude: -86° 15' 42.46"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 549284.998   Northing: 5897355.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 43E01NW

Point Location Description: exact

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

2003-04: MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. - airborne geophysics, DD-1-800m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.31529 20000001157 20000001157
2.29678 20000000448 20000000448

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Oxford-Stull

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Amphibolite Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Oct 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected an interbedded sequence of mafic and intermediate metavolcanics. Narrow quartz veins are found throughout the drill hole.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - A 0.60 m section of drill core returned 3484 ppm Zn, 695 ppm Cu, 17 ppb Au and 5 ppm Ag. The sulphides form narrow, fine-grained and disseminated bands within the mafic metavolcanics.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-5170, T-5273

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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

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Publication - Press releases MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.

Publication Number: Date: 2004

Author: MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO files


Mono - Mineral Deposits of Northern Ontario, North of Latitude 49 30'

Publication Number: OFR6242 Date: 2009

Author: Stott G.M., Josey S.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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