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Record: MDI000000001755

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge Ltd. DDH MOB26-01 - 2001
Related Record Type
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2014-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Moberly

Latitude: 48° 43' 46.69"    Longitude: -81° 43' 55.48"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 446165   Northing: 5397660    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A13SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar on claim P3007052

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Take the Halfmoon Lake road north of Kamkotia Lake, and travel 17 km north towards Thorburn township. Turn west towards Moberly Township on a logging road for 6 km.



Exploration History

1988: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. – EM, Mag, GL. 1999: Lalonde, D.J. – IP, Mag. 2000: Lalonde, D.J. – GC, Pr. 2001: Lalonde, D.J. – EM. Inco Limited – EM. 2005: Consolidated Big Valley Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag. Falconbridge Ltd – EM, Mag.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3236 / 2.12055 42A12NE0014 42A12NE0014
T-3236 / 2.12062 42A12NE0011 42A12NE0011
T-4305 / 2.19889 42A13SE2002 42A13SE2002
T-4503 / 2.20605 42A13SE2007 42A13SE2007
T-4602 / 2.21667 42A13SE2009 42A13SE2009
T-4672 / 2.22826 42A13SE2010 42A13SE2010
T-5219 / 2.30761 20000000817 20000000817
T-5254 / 2.30384 20000000860 20000000860
T-5563 / 2.36297 20000002835 20000002835

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff-Breccia 1 Tuff, Breccia Adjacent
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2 Host
Chert 3 Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 22, 2014 (P Bousquet) - Diamond drilling intersected a thick interval of sedimentary rocks, including banded iron formations and mafic tuffs.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3MagnetiteEconomicGangue
4PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1StrongDisseminated
SericiteAlterationSericitization2MediumDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Sep 22, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The highest assay returned from the unit graded 1940ppm Cu over 0.2 metres.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-6365

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological compilation series, Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0698 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-339  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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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