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Record: MDI000000002279

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hemlo Gold DDH F1-95-6 - 1995, Fowler 1 Property - 1995
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2019-Mar-27
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-06
Created By Therese Pettigrew
Revised By Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Wabikoba Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 49' 43.69"    Longitude: -85° 45' 36.36"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 590999   Northing: 5409166    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C13SW

Point Location Description: Point 93 on OGS map M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1995: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. drilled 2 DDH totaling 652.9 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.17438 42C13SW0175 42C13SW0175
W9640-00243 42C13SE0070 42C13SE0070

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1
Vein 2 Quartz
Feldspar Porphyry 3 Feldspar Porphyry Dyke
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 4

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
4MolybdeniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 27, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Disseminated pyrrhotite, pyrite, and sphalerite in a schist, with up to 2% pyrite and molybdenite. Variably altered feldspar porphyry dykes and biotitic mafic metavolcanics. DDH F1-95-6 contained 3 intersections ranging from 1.179 to 2.490 ppm Au (Muir, 2000).



Mineral Record Details

References

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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