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Record: MDI000000003176

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sample 17-TG-034 - 2020
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2022-Oct-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Garnet

Latitude: 47° 43' 50.1"    Longitude: -82° 30' 58.96"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 386298.55   Northing: 5287469.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O10NE

Point Location Description: Sample taken by OGS field mapping staff

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS



Exploration History

1966: Canadian Nickel Co Ltd. completed 1 diamond drill hole totaling 437 ft. 1985-1986: Western Pacific Energy Corp. completed an airborne geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM), ground geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM) overburden stripping, geological survey, assaying and analyses. 2011: Cascadero Copper Corp. completed a geological survey and prospecting. 2012-2013: Cascadero Copper Corp. completed soil sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2079 41O09NW0093 41O09NW0093
2.8181 / W8506.00117 41O10NE9137 41O10NE9137
63.4912 / W8606.00341 41O09NW0081 41O09NW0081
63.4733 41O09NW0083 41O09NW0083
2.9422 / W8606.00367 41O09NW0084 41O09NW0084
T-6316 / 2.49671 20000006876 20000006876
2.53719 / W1360.00572 20000008672 20000008672

Geology

Province: Superior

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Quartz Diorite 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 05, 2022 (Thomas Gemmell) - Mineralization is hosted within an intermediate feldspar phyric intrusion with abundant quartz-carbonate veining. This intermediate intrusion is interpreted to intrude between iron formation horizons in the area.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 05, 2022 (Thomas Gemmell) - Mineralization is concentrated along the quartz-carbonate veins as euhedral chalcopyrite and sphalerite.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
CopperICP-MS11784ppm
ZincICP-MS20463ppm

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Garnet Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P2340 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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