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Record: MDI000000000968

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dome DH P-22-1 - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2010-Dec-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Atkinson Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 48' 43.85"    Longitude: -79° 31' 9.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 606529.998   Northing: 5518800.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13SE

Point Location Description: Approx locn of drill collar

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is by fixed wing aircraft from Cochrane, or by all terrain vehicle from the Detour Lake Mine site. Detour Lake Mine is accessible by an all-season road from Cochrane.



Exploration History

1959: Selco Exploration Co. Ltd. - 3 ddh north of Dome locn. 1966: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysics 1970: Dome Exploration Canada Ltd. - 1 ddh (482 ft) (T-561). 1981: Getty Canadian Metals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics (T-2443) 2004: Falconbridge Limited - airborne geophysics (T-5444)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0323 32E13SE0046 32E13SE0046
T-0561 32E13SE0044 32E13SE0044
T-1337, 63.1990 32E13SE0043 32E13SE0043
T-2443, 2.5578 32E13SE0013 32E13SE0013
T-2443 / 2.4849 32E13SE0016 32E13SE0016
T-2443 / 2.4292 32E13NE9322 32E13NE9322
T-5444 / 2.33504 20000001753 20000001753

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 29, 2010 (D Draper) - The best assays from Dome's drilling returned 0.40% Zn, 0.18% Cu over 2 ft in a unit of metapyroxenite and 0.24% Cu over 1 ft from a lower unit of andesite. Both units were mineralized with po and cpy. (T-561)



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Burntbush-Detour lakes, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2453 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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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