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Record: MDI000000001580

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) South Bluff Creek Gneiss - 2001
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Mar-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: South Bluff Creek Area

Latitude: 50° 38' 48.12"    Longitude: -80° 30' 45.29"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 534461   Northing: 5610651    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42I10NE

Point Location Description: Bedrock outcrop

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS



Exploration History

1996: J.S. Roy - staked 16 claims and prospected over an EM conductor identified in an airtborne geophysical survey completed by Ontario Geological Survey in 1990.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3928/2.18115 42I10NE2001 42I10NE2001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Opatica

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Paleosome Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 24, 2014 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by B. Atkinson returned an assay of 0.03 oz/t Au.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
GoldUnknown.03oz/t

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Oct 27, 2011

Geologist: B Atkinson

Notes: Site visit during reconnaissance of the Partridge River greenstone belt.



References

Mono - Report of Activities 2011, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6274 Scale:     Date: 2012

Author: Atkinson B.T., Bousquet P., Pace A., Butorac S., Harvey S., Draper D.M., Debicki R.L., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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