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Record: MDI000000001797

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) DDH K26-01 - 1998, FL/HBED Joint Venture - 1998, Falconbridge K26 Grid - 1998
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2014-Nov-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Kidd

Latitude: 48° 38' 22.33"    Longitude: -81° 20' 25.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 474912   Northing: 5387442    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

Point Location Description: approximate location of collar for DDH K26-01

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1998: Falconbridge Limited – ground magnetometer, HLEM, DD-1-230 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4479/2.20640 42A11NW2018 42A11NW2018

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
Sandy Mudstone 1 Greywacke/Argillite Hanging Wall
Mafic pillowed flow 2 Fine-Grained Host
Diorite 3 Diorite Fine-Grained Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Nov 28, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of metasediments overlying and interbedded with mafic metavolcanic flows. The lower portion of the metasediments have been described as graphitic argillite.




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) - Elevated values of Zn, Cu were obtained from the mafic metavolcanics between 196 and 200.5 m. Zinc values range from 748 ppm to 8900 ppm; Cu values range from 700 ppm to 2280 ppm and 34 to 133 ppm Ni.



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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