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Record: MDI32L04SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH Dlo-39-5 - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Oct-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-11
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Sunday Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 0' 42.29"    Longitude: -79° 39' 59.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 595535.58   Northing: 5540788.52    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32L04SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 318+00E 204+00N

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The mine is easily accessed via the Detour Lake road a 300km gravel and paved road the connects with Highway 11 at either Iroquois Falls or Cochrane.'4 Track' trail leads up to the stripped outcrops.'4 track' trail connects to secondary forestry roads branching off the Chester Access Road.'4 track' trail connects to secondary forestry roads branching off the Chester Access Road.



Exploration History

1974-76: Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd. - airborne geophysics, 2 ddh (1071 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1692, 10 32L04SE9426 32L04SE9426

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Tuffaceous Hanging Wall
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Hanging Wall
Vein 3 Quartz Carbonate Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of mafic to intermediate tuffs and flows intruded by narrow quartz-carbonate veins.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.02 oz/t Au over 5 ft in an intermediate tuff. The best assay from DDH DLO-36-6 drilled just to the north returned copper values up to 0.56% Cu over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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: 56  Date: 1982

Author: Johns G.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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