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Record: MDI32E13NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Placer Dome DDH 519-064 - 1996
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Nov-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Lower Detour Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 57' 3.45"    Longitude: -79° 37' 44.86"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 598344.683   Northing: 5534078.546    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13NE

Point Location Description: Drill hole collar

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is by fixed wing aircraft from Cochrane, or by all terrain vehicle from the Detour Lake Mine site. Detour Lake Mine is accessible by an all-season road from Cochrane.



Exploration History

1980, 1985: Western Mines Ltd. (Westmin Resources Ltd.) - airborne geophysics, mapping 1982: Getty Mines Limited - airborne geophysics 1994-96: Placer Dome Canada Limited - airborne and ground geophysics, diamond drilling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2859 / 2.6992 32E13NE0138 32E13NE0138
T-2859 / 2.8112 32E13NE0033 32E13NE0033
T-3436 / 2.15942 32E13NE0008 32E13NE0008
T-3436 / 2.16492 32E13NE0019 32E13NE0019
T-3436 / 2.18114 32E13NE2001 32E13NE2001
T-2443 / 2.5744 32E13NE0063 32E13NE0063
T-2331 / 2.8831 32E13NE0030 32E13NE0030
T-3436 32E13NE0023 32E13NE0023
T-2331 / 2.3651 32E13NE0091 32E13NE0091

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Tourmaline Host
Conglomerate 2 Hanging Wall
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Greywacke Near
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry 4 Quartz-Feldspar Near

Lithology Comments

Mar 25, 2010 (D Draper) - Gold values in hole 519-064 occurred within a strongly deformed quartz-carbonate-schorl vein hosted by sericiticly-altered volcaniclastic to epiclastic (greywacke) rocks.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 25, 2010 (D Draper) - Hole 519-064 returned 6.58 g/t Au over 1 m at 239.95 m downhole. (T-3436 / 2.18114)



Mineral Record Details

References

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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