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Record: MDI32E13SE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kesagami DDH 12-2 - 1959, Loon Group - 1959, Westmin Vandette Group - 1989
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: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Atkinson Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 51' 46.91"    Longitude: -79° 38' 24.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 597733.027   Northing: 5524288.645    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at L4N 1+80E on former claim L68901

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

1959: Kesagami Syndicate - 1 ddh (225 ft). 1982-84: Getty Canadian Metals Ltd. - airborne geohysics, mapping, 1989-90: Westmin Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping. 2007: Dentonia Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5819 / 2.40023 20000003683 20000003683
T-2443, 2.4292 32E13NE9322 32E13NE9322
14 32E13SE0050 32E13SE0050
T-3351, 2.13390 32E13SE0003 32E13SE0003
2.4613, T-2443 32E13NE0081 32E13NE0081
2.5306, T-2443 32E13NE0074 32E13NE0074
33, T-2443 32E13SE0022 32E13SE0022

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Hanging Wall
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2 Ampholitized Hanging Wall
Feldspar Porphyry 3 Feldspar Near
Mudstone 4 Graphitic Argillite Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate flows and tuffs, overlying argillite and quartzite. The units are intruded by narrow feldspar porphyry dikes. The main conductor is described as a graphtic zone.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.73% Zn, 0.09% Cu over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

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: 71-72  Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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