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Record: MDI32L04SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH Dlo-74-32-2 - 1974
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Silver, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Sunday Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 3' 22.24"    Longitude: -79° 31' 5.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 606065.908   Northing: 5545928.504    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32L04SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on L42E 6+00N on former claim P401194

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is accessible via helicopter from the Detour Lake mine site or from the province of Quebec.



Exploration History

1974: Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. - 3 ddh (1619 ft). 1983: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1997: Cyprus Canada Inc. - ground geophysics, 2 ddh (313.5 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3854 32L04SE0009 32L04SE0009
T-1687 32L04SE9425 32L04SE9425
T-2518 32L04SE9409 32L04SE9409

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Dacite Contains
Vein 2 Quartz-Calcite Host
Mafic Tuff 3 Tuff Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate to mafic tuffs and flows. These flows contain pods and veinlets of quartz and calcite. Narrow veinlets containing up to 30% sulphides are observed throughout.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.13%Cu and 0.016 oz/t Ag over 2 ft in intermediate flows. Drill hole DLO-74-32-3 returned values of 0.012% Zn and 0.012% Ni over 3 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Kesagami Lake sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0371 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: R199 Page: 74  Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Coral Rapids-Cochrane sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2161 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Location:


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