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Record: MDI000000001537

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hook Property - 2008, O'Connor Property - 2008
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Nov-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-05
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Cobalt, Lead, Zinc, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Strathy

Latitude: 47° 8' 21.25"    Longitude: -79° 51' 8.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 587031   Northing: 5221276    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04SW

Point Location Description: sample B08-1 in trench

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Red Squirrel Road, and Snare Creek Road. An old drill road branches off of the Snare Creek road and leads to the Hook Property.



Exploration History

1994-95: Falconbridge Limited - trenching, DD- 7-1888 m. 2008-09: T. Mathieu - sampling, prospecting, 2007-2009: Aura Resources Corp. - ground geophysics, DD-9-1692 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-3471 / 2.41499 20000004166 20000004166
CO-2009 / W9570-00054 31M04NW0003 31M04NW0003
CO-3632 / 2.48663 20000006588 20000006588
CO-3415 / 2.40104 20000003697 20000003697
CO-3220 / 2.35469 20000002296 20000002296
CO-3526 / 2.44765 20000004619 20000004619

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 29, 2012 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from three of Falconbridge’s old trenches returned the following assays: A08-1 - 7.6 ppm Ag, 170 ppm co, 5748 ppm Cu, 129 ppm Ni, 333 ppm Pb, 290 ppm Zn.; B08-1 - 26.8 ppm Ag, 258 ppm Co, 18300 ppm Cu, 273 ppm Ni, 462 ppm Pb, 937 ppm Zn; C08-1 1.8 ppm Ag, 88 ppm co, 1111 ppm Cu, 97 ppm Ni, 15 ppm Pb, 33 ppm Zn. Anomalous copper and zinc assay results were returned from several of Auger’s drill holes over narrow 1 m intervals.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Chambers and Strathy townships, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2323 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the northeast Temagami area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R163 Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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