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Record: MDI32E13SE00028

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH 3-1 - 1975, Detour Lake Anomaly 3 - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Nov-14
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° 46' 13.26"    Longitude: -79° 37' 46.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 598686.45   Northing: 5513998.738    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 8+50S 28W on former claim P401103

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

1975: Amoco Petroleum Co. Ltd. - 1 ddh (388 ft), ground geophysics. 1981-84: Getty Canadian Metals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1690, 24 32E13SE0037 32E13SE0037

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Hanging Wall
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Host
Mafic Tuff 3 Tuff Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The hanging wall consists of a thick secquence of felsic and mafic gneisses. The conductive horizon consists of a narrow horizon of graphitic schist. The hole bottomed out in mafic tuffs.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.24% zn, 0.018% Cu over 3.8 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-2443

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:


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

Publication Number: R199 Page: 53  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:


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