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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hemlo Gold Mines DDH DF94-18 - 1995
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2016-Jun-10
Date Last Modified 2022-May-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Sewell

Latitude: 48° 11' 40.25"    Longitude: -81° 56' 35.56"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 429906   Northing: 5338350    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A04NW

Point Location Description: Drill hole collar

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1987-1988: Glen Auden Resources Limited / Goldrock Resources Inc. – GC, GL. 1991-93: Noranda Exploration carried a large magnetic survey which included the occurrence, trenching. 1994-1995: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. – DD – 8 – 2795m, Assays.1995-1996: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. - IP, Mag. 2005: Mega Uranium Ltd. / Canadian Golden Dragon Resources Limited – DD – 5 – 1201m, Assays. 2011: Trillium North Minerals Ltd. – DD – 8 – 1029 m, Assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2552 / 2.14387 42A04NW0001 42A04NW0001
T-2722 / 2.10291 42A04NW0011 42A04NW0011
T-3501 / 2.16735 42A04NW0066 42A04NW0066
T-3501 / 42A04NW0060 42A04NW0060
T-5312 / 2.31828 20000001236 20000001236
T-5658 / 2.37525 20000006706 20000006706

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Neoarchean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Silicified Stringers Host
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Silicious Porphyritic Near
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 3 Talcose Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
3SphaleriteEconomicGangue
TalcAlterationCarbonatization1WeakReplacement
ChloriteAlterationChloritic2WeakReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Jun 10, 2016 (P Bousquet) - Hole DF94-18 intersected 1.50 m of dark grey mafic volcanic rocks showing silicification with pyrite aggregates, which returned an assay of 43.44 g/t gold (T-3501).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Sewell Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0464 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Milne V.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Reeves and Sewell townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2230 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1972

Author: Milne V.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kukatush-Sewell Lake area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R097 Page: 105-106  Date: 1972

Author: Milne V.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 118-119  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Book - Sewell Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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: 497-499  Date: 1995

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: R297 Page: 49  Date: 1995

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1995

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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