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| Record Name(s) | Explorers Alliance/Falconbridge J.V. Hole JS12-05 - 1998 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Jan-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Jessop
Latitude: 48° 33' 13.57" Longitude: -81° 25' 51.74"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 468191.997 Northing: 5377942.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SW
Point Location Description: Estimation from DDP in T-4066
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1965 - Mespi Mines Ltd: AEM, Amag (T-1050). Vespar Mines Ltd: EM, Mag (T-0984). 1979 - 1981 - Norcen Energy Resources Ltd: AEM (T-1966). 1980-1981 - Texasgulf Canada Ltd: EM, Mag (T-2477). 1994 - Noranda Inc: DD - 5 - 1363m (T-3423). 1994-1995 - Noranda Inc: EM, Mag (T-3423). 1995 - Noranda Inc: IP (T-3423). 1998 - Falconbridge Ltd/Explorers Alliance JV: DD - 3 - 777m, Assays (T-4016). Falconbridge Ltd/Explorers Alliance JV: DD - 2 - 658m, Assays, GC (T-4066)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1050 / 63.1544 | 42A11SW8367 | 42A11SW8367 |
| T-1966 | 42A11SW0009 | 42A11SW0009 |
| T-2477 | 42A11SW0004 | 42A11SW0004 |
| T-3423 | 42A11SW0029 | 42A11SW0029 |
| T-3423 | 42A11SW0025 | 42A11SW0025 |
| T-4016 | 42A11SW2009 | 42A11SW2009 |
| T-4066 | 42A11SW2011 | 42A11SW2011 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Massive | Adjacent |
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| Claystone | 2 | Graphitic | Banded | Host |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Silicified | Porphyroblastic | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
| 5 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium | |||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Medium |
Jan 07, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Hole JS12-05 (az. 155, dip -50) intersected a graphitic argilite with pyrrhotite, pyrite and trace specks of sphalerite and chalcopyrite which returned 5920 ppm Zn (from 279.50m to 281.05m).
File - Resident Geologist file T-0984
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - Geology of the Bigwater Lake area
Publication Number: ARV48-12 Date: 1997
Author: Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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Location:
Map - Jessop Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0158 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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