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Record: MDI000000001292

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amax Potash Ltd DDH KX-66-71 - 1971
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Oct-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By P Bousquet
Revised By P Bousquet

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Oates

Latitude: 48° 26' 55.37"    Longitude: -82° 24' 38.92"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 395677.001   Northing: 5367136.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B08

Point Location Description: Collar of diamond drillhole K-66-71

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1970-1972 - Amax Potash Ltd: GL, Mag (T-0721). 1971 - Amax Potash Ltd: DD - 2 - 1464ft, Assays (T-0721).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0721 42B08NW0011 42B08NW0011
T-0721 / 2.923 42B08NW0003 42B08NW0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Belford-Montcalm

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Claystone 1 Graphitic Brecciated Host
Granite 1 Adjacent
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 1 Serpentinized Near
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Banded Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOreDisseminated
4GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 06, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Samples taken from an argillite and massive graphite returned assays with anomalous values of copper and zinc (up to 1570 ppm and 780ppm respectively).



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:


Mono - Foleyet-Missinaibi Area Lake Sediment Survey: Operation Treasure Hunt - Area A

Publication Number: OFR6014 Scale:     Date: 2000

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Results of Modern Alluvium Sampling, Foleyet Area, Northeastern Ontario: Operation Treasure Hunt - Kapuskasing Structural Zone

Publication Number: OFR6065 Scale:     Date: 2001

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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