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Record: MDI32E13NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Noranda DDH H-77-1 - 1977, Hopper Lake 1-74 - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Dec-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-11
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Hopper Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 57' 31.81"    Longitude: -79° 47' 14.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 586973.639   Northing: 5534758.668    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 39+25S/4+00W on former claim P413246

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1975-77: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (355 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1700, 21833 32E13NE0105 32E13NE0105
2.2137, T-1700 32E13NE0094 32E13NE0094
15, T-1700 32E13NW0032 32E13NW0032

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 Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were returned from several narrow quartz veins. The veins are found in a series of andesitic to dacitic tuffs and flows.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.04 oz/t Au, 0.02 oz/t Ag over 0.6 ft in quartz vein.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Burntbush Lake-Detour Lake area (northern part), District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2242 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1979

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: R199 Page: 74  Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Burntbush-Detour lakes, Cochrane District

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

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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