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Record: MDI000000001796

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kidd DDH K64-51 - 1994
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2014-Nov-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Kidd

Latitude: 48° 40' 7.28"    Longitude: -81° 22' 56.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 471849.58   Northing: 5390697.25    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11NW

Point Location Description: collar of DDH K64-51

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1977: McIntyre Mines Limited – compilation. 1994: Falconbridge Limited – DD-1-652 m, assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2936 42A11NW0024 42A11NW0024
T-2936 42A11NW0553 42A11NW0553
T-3533/ 63.4825 / 4 42A11NW0548 42A11NW0548

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Pillowed, Massive Host
Felsic Lapilli-Tuff 2 Lapilli Tuff Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Nov 28, 2014 (A Wilson) - The diamond drill hole intersected a sequence of pillowed to massive mafic metavolcanics interbedded with felsic lapilli tuffs. A unit of mixed graphitic argillite and mafic flow breccias was intersected near the base of the drill hole.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 28, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 0.20 m section of drill core between 551.4 and 551.6 returned 1060 ppm Cu, 448 ppm Zn, 38 ppb Pt, 3 ppb Au, 0.8 ppm Ag and 1 ppm Pb.



Mineral Record Details

References

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.

Publisher Name:


Map - Timmins data series, Kidd Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0486 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A., Carey E.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Precambrian geology of the Kidd-Munro assemblage

Publication Number: P3614 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2010

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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