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Record: MDI32D04NW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alfie Creek-01 - 1991, A-4 - 1991, Ma-13-1 - 1991, Alfie Creek North - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Mar-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Diamond, Kimberlite



Location

Township or Area: Arnold

Latitude: 48° 13' 17.31"    Longitude: -79° 52' 42.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 583302.79   Northing: 5341524.6    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 32D04NW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1983: Monopros Ltd. - 2 DD 1984: 5 DD totaling 234 m. Bulk Sample 1987: LAC minerals - 2 DD totaling 574 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-1496 32D04NW0007 32D04NW0007
KL-1496 32D04NW0012 32D04NW0012
KL-1496 32D04NW0018 32D04NW0018
KL-1496 32D04NW0029 32D04NW0029
KL-1496 32D04NW0022 32D04NW0022
KL-1911 32D04NW0037 32D04NW0037

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Mesozoic   Geochronological Age: 156.2 +- 1.0   Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5937



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Kimberlite-Unsubdivided 1 Lith Tuffisitic Breccia Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1DiamondEconomicOre
1GarnetEconomicGangue
2IlmeniteEconomicGangue
3PhlogopiteEconomicGangue
4PyropeEconomicGangue
5SerpentineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 30, 2015 (D Guidon) - Total of 3 bulk samples: 2 macro diamonds recovered from 47 t. 5 micro diamonds recovered from 103.8 kg. 1 macro and 4 micro diamonds recovered from 147 kg.



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Kimberlites of the Lake Timiskaming Structural Zone

Publication Number: OFR5937 Date: 1996

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Geochemistry of groundwater from Jurassic kimberlites in the Kirkland Lake and Lake Timiskaming kimberlite fields, northeastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4515

Publication Number: GSC OF 4515 Date: 2003

Author: Sader, J A; Leybourne, M I; McClenaghan, M; Hamilton, S M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/214841


Journal - Timing of eastern North American kimberlite magmatism:continental extension of the Great Meteor hotspot track?

Publication Number: EPSL 178 Date: 2000

Author: Heaman, L., & Kjarsgaard, B.

Publisher Name: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.178, p.253-268

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


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