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Record: MDI000000003260

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Farewell Creek Cu - 1995
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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: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Neill

Latitude: 47° 23' 7.79"    Longitude: -83° 41' 8.64"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 297295   Northing: 5251502    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41O05NE

Point Location Description: Sample 95-154 from map in Assessment report 41O05NE0013

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1981-82: E.J. Burns performed manual and mechanical stripping and trenching. 1983: Hollinger Argus Ltd. optioned the property and carried out sampling. 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



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 30, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample 95-154 returned 7540 ppm Cu from heavily fractured and weathered rocks with minor quartz blebs. Sample 95-155 returned 9200 ppm Cu from heavily fractured and weathered rock with minor quartz blebs and 5-10% malachite staining (Assessment report 41O05NE0013).



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