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Record: MDI32E13SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Selco DDH 1 - 1968, Detour Turgeon - 1968, Atkinson East Claims - 1996
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Aug-19
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-11
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Atkinson Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 49' 4.36"    Longitude: -79° 31' 47.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 605762.04   Northing: 5519418.69    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P102118

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

1968: Selco Exploration Co. Ltd. - 1 ddh (586 ft). 1975: Hudson Bay Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1976: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (379 ft). 1982-84: Getty Canadian Metals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, drilling. 1989-90: Westmin Mines Limited - ground geophysics, mapping. 1996: Better Resources Ltd. and Prism Resources Inc. - 2 ddh (281.7 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3351 / 2.13088 32E13SE0007 32E13SE0007
T-3351 / 2.13966 32E13SE0101 32E13SE0101
T-1763, 2.2205 32E13SE0041 32E13SE0041
T-1444 32E13SE0053 32E13SE0053
T-1704, 2.1976 32E13SE0032 32E13SE0032
T-2443, 2.4292 32E13NE9322 32E13NE9322
T-3828 32E13NE0026 32E13NE0026
30, T-1763 32E13SE0028 32E13SE0028
2.4849, T-2443 32E13SE0016 32E13SE0016
2.5578, T-2443 32E13SE0013 32E13SE0013
32, T-2443 32E13SE0018 32E13SE0018

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host
Ultramafic Schist 2 Talc Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A sequence of massive gabbro interspersed with narrow schistose bands was intersected by diamond drilling. Disseminated sulphides are commonly found throughout the entire drill hole.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 23, 2010 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned a combined Ni and Cu value of 1.40% over 2 ft. Assay was 0.39% Cu and 0.31% Ni over 9 inches. Better Resources drill hole 96-06 returned a best assay of 0.105 g/t Au over 0.5 m.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3786

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

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

Location:


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

Location:


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

Publication Number: R199 Page: 76-77  Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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