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Record: MDI000000001024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hudson Bay MAH-1 - 1981
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By P Bousquet
Revised By P Bousquet

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Mahaffy

Latitude: 48° 51' 28.21"    Longitude: -81° 34' 18.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 458052.003   Northing: 5411810.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole MAH-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1965 - Silver-Men Mines Limited: EM, Mag (T-1187). 1981 - Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Company Limited: DD - 1 - 116m, Assays, EM (T-2906). 1988 - Pyke, D.R.: GL (T-3234).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1187 / 63.1668 42A13SE1069 42A13SE1069
T-2906 / 63.3946 42A13SE0051 42A13SE0051
T-3234 / 2.12021 42A13SE0344 42A13SE0344

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Claystone 1 Graphitic Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Chloritic Amygdoloïdal Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1Medium

Mineralization Comments

Mar 01, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Two samples taken from two graphitic argillite units brought back assays of 0.01oz/t Au with anomalous values of copper over 0.5 and 1.5 meters (T-2906).



Mineral Record Details

References

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.

Publisher Name:


Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 1998

Publication Number: MP169 Scale:     Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Baker C.L., Ireland J.C., Kelly R.I., Thurston P.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Timmins data series, Mahaffy Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0740 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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