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Record: MDI32E13SE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH 9-1 - 1976, Westmin Vandette Group - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Atkinson Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 52' 9.42"    Longitude: -79° 38' 11.8"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 597973.13   Northing: 5524988.637    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at L18+00S 4+00W on former claim P400969

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

1976: Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd. - 1 ddh (706 ft). 1981-86: Getty Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, 5 ddh (839.4 m). 1989-90: Westmin Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping. 1996: Better Resources Ltd and Prism Resources Inc. - 1 ddh (150.0 m). 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
T-3351, 2.13390 32E13SE0003 32E13SE0003
T-1716 32E13SE0039 32E13SE0039
T-3828 32E13NE0026 32E13NE0026
2.4613, T-2443 32E13NE0081 32E13NE0081
2.5306, T-2443 32E13NE0074 32E13NE0074

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Graphitic Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Felsic To Intermediate Tuff Footwall
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Tuffs, Flows Footwall
Intermediate Tuff 4 Felsic To Intermediate Tuff Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of felsic to intermediate tuffs and flows and mafic flows and tuffs. The conductive horizon is a narrow graphtitic horizon.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 29, 2010 (A Wilson) - The best assay from drill hole 9-1 returned 0.71% Zn, 0.15% Cu over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3786

Publication Number: Date:

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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: 53-54  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

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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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