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Record: MDI32E13NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Audax DH AD-84-4 - 1984, Conwest Exploration Group A - 1959
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Lower Detour Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 52' 33.39"    Longitude: -79° 40' 31.92"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 595163.207   Northing: 5525678.643    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P.595687

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Cochrane.



Exploration History

1959: Conwest Exploration Co. - ground geophysics, 1 drillhole (T-673) 1975: Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics. (T-1703) 1981: Abitibi-Price Inc. - mapping, ground geophysics. (T-2514) 1983-84: Audax Gas and Oil/Petromet Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, geochemical survey, drilling (T-2772) 2007: Dentonia Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics (T-5819)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0673 / 63.1023 32E13NE0118 32E13NE0118
T-2772 / 2.7509 32E13NE0034 32E13NE0034
T-5819 / 2.40023 20000003683 20000003683
T-0673 32E13NE0100 32E13NE0100
T-2772 / 2.6514 32E13NE0036 32E13NE0036
T-2514 / 2.4481 32E13NE9306 32E13NE9306
T-1703 / 2.1977 32E13NE0110 32E13NE0110

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Felsic Tuff-Breccia 2 Cherty Tuff Breccia Host
Mudstone 3 Graphitic Argillite Near

Lithology Comments

Jun 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate to felsic tuffs and crystal tuffs, cherty felsic tuffs and graphitic argillite. Elevated Zn values were recovered from iron formation.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2MagnetiteEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 07, 2010 (D Draper) - The best assay from AD-84-4 returned 9600 ppm Zn and 0.4 ppm Ag over 2.5 ft (avg. 9450 ppm over 1.5 m). Hole AD-84-1, collared to the NE of hole 4, returned 2800 ppm Zn over 0.76m. (T-2772)



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Timmins data series, Lower Detour Lake area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2295 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Burntbush-Detour lakes area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R199 Page: 64-65  Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Burntbush-Detour lakes, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2453 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Burntbush-Detour Lakes Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3609 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2009

Author: Ayer J.A., Chartrand J.E., Duguet M., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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