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Record: MDI000000001395

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) F. Latimer Property - 1953
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Apr-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Price

Latitude: 48° 17' 40.3"    Longitude: -81° 24' 1.56"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 470300.002   Northing: 5349114.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SW

Point Location Description: outcrop on claim TRP5861

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1953: Homestake - sampling, mapping, assays. 1981: Argentex Resources Exploration Corp Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1983: Samim Canada Ltd. - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2431 / 63.4000 42A06SW0067 42A06SW0067
T-2431 / 2.4709 42A06SW0069 42A06SW0069
T-2609 / 2.5718 42A06SW0066 42A06SW0066

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 Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Apr 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - The anomalous results presumably come from the faulted contact between mafic and intermediate metavolcanic rocks that extends NNW from Katoshaskepeko Lake.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - The best assay from grab samples collected from a series of outcrops and stripped areas northwest of Katoshaskepeko Lake returned values of 0.05% Cu and 1.10% Zn. More typically the assays returned trace to 0.05% Cu, trace to 0.03% Ni and trace to 0.5% Zn.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-3612

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Price Township

Publication Number: P0030 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R219 Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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