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Record: MDI31M04SW00105

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) St.Joseph DDH 189-1 - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Strathcona

Latitude: 47° 0' 44.61"    Longitude: -79° 47' 51.01"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 591399   Northing: 5207243    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04SW

Point Location Description: drill collar for St. Joseph DDH 189-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description:



Exploration History

1955: Sylvanite Gold Mines Limited - trenching, sampling. 1977-78: St. Joseph Explorations Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, DD-3-660.5 ft. 1999-2000: Temex Resources Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, GC


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-1975 / 2.2519 31M04SW0041 31M04SW0041
CO-1975 31M04SW0017 31M04SW0017
CO-1975 31M04SW0019 31M04SW0019
CO-2631 / 2.19845 31M04SW2034 31M04SW2034
CO-2632 / 2.20139 31M04SW2035 31M04SW2035
CO-2668 / 2.20234 31M04SW2037 31M04SW2037
CO-1975 / 2.2360 31M04SW0142 31M04SW0142

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Contains
Conglomerate 2 Hanging Wall
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Footwall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 20, 2012 (A Wilson) - A 0.2 m section of core assayed 5.8 g/t Ag, 6.5 g/t Au and 0.05% Cu. Elevated zinc assays were returned from DDH 188-1 in the Huronian metasediments. Two metre sections of core returned 0.25% Zn and 0.12% Zn



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Briggs and Strathcona townships, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2324 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


MonoMap - Geology of the northeast Temagami area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R163 Scale:     Date: 1978

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Strathcona Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0596 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., McNally N.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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