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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DHH CS45-01 - 1996 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2020-Jul-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Carscallen
Latitude: 48° 25' 19.36" Longitude: -81° 37' 23.94"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 453884 Northing: 5363398 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole collar
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via a logging road heading north from highway 101W.
1996: Falconbridge Ltd. – DD – 2 – 490 m. 2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-4587 / 2.21079 | 42A06NW2026 | 42A06NW2026 |
| T-3644 / W9660-00361 | 42A05NE0088 | 42A05NE0088 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Quartz | Vesicular | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silty Sandstone | 2 | Wacke, Chert, Iron Formation | Sheared | Adjacent |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz, Pyrite | Host |
Jul 17, 2020 (P Bousquet) - Elevated gold value was returned from a strongly fragmented sedimentary breccia containing massive fragments of massive pyrite, vein or chert quartz (T-3644).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Kaolinite | Alteration | Kaolinization | 3 | Strong | Veins |
Jul 17, 2020 (P Bousquet) - Hole CS45-01 intersected a 3 m (101 to 104 m hole length) zone grading 741 ppb gold and 15 g/t silver (T-3644). Two meters of that zone were not recovered.
Map - Carscallen Township
Publication Number: P0023 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A., Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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
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:
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Denton and Carscallen Townships
Publication Number: P3517 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2002
Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Denton and Carscallen Townships
Publication Number: OFR6093 Date: 2002
Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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