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| Record Name(s) | Westmin DH NC-82-1 - 1982, Nash Creek Property - 1982, Westmin DH NCX-85-1 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Nov-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jul-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Lower Detour Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 54' 41.5" Longitude: -79° 31' 35.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 605791.999 Northing: 5529834.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 32E13NE
Point Location Description: Drill Collar of NC-82-1
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Westmin's Nash Creek claim block is located on the Ontario/Quebec boundary, 132 km NNW of La Sarre, Quebec, 135 km NNE of Cochrane, and 16 km southeast of the Detour Lake gold mine, which is linked to Cochrane by an all-weather road. Access to the property in the summer is by float-equipped plane or helicopter from La Sarre or Cochrane. In the winter the property is accessible using the winter road from the Detour Lake gold mine to La Sarre. This winter road crosses the southwest part of the property. (T-2331)
1980-85: Westmin Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, 3 drillholes (199.25 m) (T-2331) 1982: Getty Mines Limited - airborne geophysics (T-2443)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2331 / 2.4333 | 32E13NE0085 | 32E13NE0085 |
| T-2331 / 2.5206 | 32E13NE0075 | 32E13NE0075 |
| T-2331 / 2.6255 | 32E13NE0050 | 32E13NE0050 |
| T-2331 / 63.4153 | 32L04SE0018 | 32L04SE0018 |
| T-2331 | 32E13NE0056 | 32E13NE0056 |
| T-2331 / 63.4630 | 32L04SE0006 | 32L04SE0006 |
| T-2331 / 63.4622 | 32L04SE0007 | 32L04SE0007 |
| T-2331 | 32E13NE0144 | 32E13NE0144 |
| T-2443 / 2.5744 | 32E13NE0063 | 32E13NE0063 |
| T-2331 / 2.3651 | 32E13NE0091 | 32E13NE0091 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Graphitic Dacite | Tuffaceous | Host |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basaltic | Porphyritic | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of porphyrytic basaltic and basaltic andesite flows interbedded with banded cherty sulphidic dacitic tuffs.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 07, 2010 (D Draper) - Two 1985 holes were co-collared approx. 100m south of 82-1 and intersected felsic volcanics and graphitic tuffs. Hole NCX-85-1 returned 5700 ppm Zn over 2.2m; NCX-85-2 assayed up to 3000 ppm Zn and 660 ppm Cu. (T-2331)
Jun 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - The best assay from 82-1 returned 0.02 oz/t Au over 1m in cherty sulphidic dacitic tuffs.
File - Resident Geologist file T-2443 (OM82-5C-76)
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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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MonoMap - Geology of the Burntbush-Detour lakes area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R199 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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