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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) First Lithium DDH Mr10-10 - 2010
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2013-Jun-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Benneweis

Latitude: 47° 32' 12.11"    Longitude: -81° 45' 55.27"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 442399   Northing: 5265092    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41P12SW

Point Location Description: Collar for ddh MR10-10

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Easy access to the area is possible via a gravel road which used to join the Makwa siding on the CNR main line to Highway 144. However, just east of the area, the gravel road has been washed out. The prospect is a couple of hundred metres from the road.



Exploration History

1971: Texas Gulf Sulphur - 3 ddh. 1984: Hargor Resources - AEM and Amag survey. 1985: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd.- AMag, AEM. 1986: 63381 Ontario Ltd. - AMag and AEM survey. 1987: I. Dea - prospecting, trenching. 1988: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. – GL. 2006: Salo, L.J. – Tr. 2010: First Lithium Resources Inc. – DD – 10 – 2055m, Assays. Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. – AEM, AMag. Newcastle Minerals Ltd. – Lc, Mag.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2007 / 41P12SW0022 41P12SW0022
T-3020 / 2.11448 41P12SE0527 41P12SE0527
T-3020 / 2.13771 41P12SE0520 41P12SE0520
T-3123 / 2.8566 41P12SE0507 41P12SE0507
T-3123 / 2.9434 41P12SE0528 41P12SE0528
T-3231 / 63.5118 41P11NW0006 41P11NW0006
T-5488 / 2.33511 20000001768 20000001768
T-6159 / 2.46090 20000004732 20000004732
T-6283 / 2.49233 20000007634 20000007634
T-6382 / 2.50730 20000007118 20000007118

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2740 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384A



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbroic Adjacent
Granite 2 Near
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 3 Chloritized Foliated Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1StrongDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Jun 14, 2013 (P Bousquet) - Hole MR10-10 intersected 0.51 metres of strongly foliated and chloritized gabbro which returned an assay of 1.83 g/t gold (T-6238).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Parry Sound area, volumes 1 to 5

Publication Number: OFR5488 Page: 116  Date: 1984

Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Pensyl Lake area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: P2534 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1982

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 477-478  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Benneweis and St. Louis Townships

Publication Number: OFM0208 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Gogama, Ontario

Publication Number: OF3384G Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210455


Map - Three Duck Lakes area, District of Sudbury, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM41D Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1997

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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