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| Record Name(s) | Getty DDH Dl-83-19 - 1983, Amoco DDH 1-1 - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jul-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Atkinson Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 45' 54.9" Longitude: -79° 31' 16.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 606497.997 Northing: 5513579.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 32E13SE
Point Location Description: Approx locn of Amoco 1-1 dh collar transferred to GIS display
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.
1959-60: Conwest Exploration Co. - ground geophysics, 2 ddh (609 ft) near lake. 1975: Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. - 1 ddh (609 ft). 1981-83: Getty Canadian Metals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (200 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2443 / 2.4292 | 32E13NE9322 | 32E13NE9322 |
| T-2443 / 2.5306 | 32E13NE0074 | 32E13NE0074 |
| T-0673, 15 | 32E13SE0051 | 32E13SE0051 |
| T-1689 | 32E13SE0038 | 32E13SE0038 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Dacitic | Host |
Dec 29, 2010 (D Draper) - The initial Amoco hole returned low gold values from the last unit intersected, a dacitic to rhyodacitic tuff with cherty zones. Getty's hole encountered Cu values in a unit of recrystallized mafic volcanic.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 29, 2010 (D Draper) - Amoco hole 1-1 returned an assay of 0.01 opt Au from a unit of tuff with cherty sections mineralized with epidote, garnet, pyrrhotite and pyrite. The best base metal assays returned were 0.021% Cu and 0.09% Zn over 4 ft, also in a cherty tuff. (T-1689) Getty hole DL-83-19, collared approx 335m north of 1-1, assayed 2600ppm Cu over 0.1m. (T-2443)
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 Page: 53, 64-65 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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