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| Record Name(s) | Bel-Air Pyrite Zone - 1982 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2016-Jan-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-06 |
| Created By | Therese Pettigrew |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bomby, Lecours
Latitude: 48° 41' 9.94" Longitude: -85° 58' 45.58"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 575122 Northing: 5393064 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42C12NW
Point Location Description: M2614
Location Method: Data Compilation
1981: Bel-Air Resources Ltd. conducted gridding, geophysical (magnetometer and electromagnetic) surveys and geological mapping. 1982: Bel-Air drilled 8 DDH totalling 1019.3 m. 1983: Bel-Air conducted trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 42C12NW0017C1 | 42C12NW8706 | 42C12NW8706 |
| 42C12NW0017A1 | 42C12NW0146 | 42C12NW0146 |
| 42C12NW0016 | 42C12NW0147 | 42C12NW0147 |
| 2.6526 | 42C12NW0179 | 42C12NW0179 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Garnet | Alteration | Garnetization | 3 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Jan 12, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - Rusty, pyritic zone traced for 1100 m. 1-5% disseminated to stringered pyrite, rare molybdenum. Several isolated 1 to 7.54 ppm Au surface samples not reproducible within same sample (M2614).
Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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