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Record: MDI000000003257

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frankow West Au-Cu - 1996
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2022-Nov-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-30
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Neill

Latitude: 47° 23' 1.36"    Longitude: -83° 42' 34.5"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 295488   Northing: 5251366    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41O05NE

Point Location Description: Sample 96-200 on map in Assessment report 41O05NE0013

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1987: P. Frankow contracted an airborne VLF-EM survey. 1995-97: P. Frankow carried out mapping, sampling, and a VLF-EM survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.17378 41O05NE0013 41O05NE0013



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 felsite Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 30, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 96-200 returned 1017 ppb Au and 8180 ppm Cu from a salmon pink felsite with chlorite alteration and 4% chalcopyrite stringers. Sample 96-201 returned 1063 ppb Au and 3670 ppm Cu from a felsite breccia with 20% quartz + felsite matrix and <1% chalcopyrite patches (Assessment report 41O05NE0013).



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