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| Record Name(s) | Westmin DH NC-83-2 - 1983, Amoco DH 18-2 - 1976 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2010-Jun-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Lower Detour Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 54' 7.53" Longitude: -79° 32' 3.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 605254.999 Northing: 5528775.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 32E13NE
Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole NC-83-2, transferred to digital map
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Westmin's Nash Creek claim block is located on the Ontario/Quebec boundary, 132 km NNW of La Sarre, Quebec, 135 km NNE of Cochrane, and 16 km southeast of the Detour Lake gold mine, which is linked to Cochrane by an all-weather road. Access to the property in the summer is by float-equipped plane or helicopter from La Sarre or Cochrane. In the winter the property is accessible using the winter road from the Detour Lake gold mine to La Sarre. This winter road crosses the southwest part of the property.
1976: Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd. - 2 drillholes (T-1715) 1980-84: Westmin Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, 1 drillhole (T-2331) 1982: Getty Mines Limited - airborne geophysics (T-2443)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1715 | 32E13NE0115 | 32E13NE0115 |
| T-2331 / 2.3651 | 32E13NE0091 | 32E13NE0091 |
| T-2331 / 2.4333 | 32E13NE0085 | 32E13NE0085 |
| T-2331 / 2.5206 | 32E13NE0075 | 32E13NE0075 |
| T-2331 / 2.6255 | 32E13NE0050 | 32E13NE0050 |
| T-2331 | 32E13NE0056 | 32E13NE0056 |
| T-2331 / 63.4630 | 32L04SE0006 | 32L04SE0006 |
| T-2331 / 2.6787 | 32E13NE0046 | 32E13NE0046 |
| T-2443 / 2.5744 | 32E13NE0063 | 32E13NE0063 |
| 2.5306, T-2443 | 32E13NE0074 | 32E13NE0074 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic Tuff | 1 | Tuffaceous | Host |
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| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Pillowed | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 11, 2010 (D Draper) - Hole NC83-2 returned 590 ppb Au over 0.9m in a mafic volcanic tuff mineralized with po and cpy. (T-2331) Amoco drill hole 18-2-collared 235m east of the later Westmin hole-returned 0.22% Cu, 0.23% Zn over 3 ft across a contact between units of cherty tuff and mafic pillowed flow. (T-1715) Both holes were drilled bearing north.
Map - Timmins data series, Lower Detour Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2295 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Burntbush-Detour lakes area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R199 Date: 1982
Author: Johns G.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Burntbush-Detour lakes, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2453 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1982
Author: Johns G.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Burntbush-Detour Lakes Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3609 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2009
Author: Ayer J.A., Chartrand J.E., Duguet M., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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