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Record: MDI32L04SE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH DLO-74-39-1 - 1974
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Oct-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Sunday Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 0' 51.81"    Longitude: -79° 40' 39.48"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 594740.47   Northing: 5541068.53    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32L04SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 284+00E 208+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 (1402 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1692, 10 32L04SE9427 32L04SE9427

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 Tuff Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Tuff Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of mafic to felsic tuffs, felsic agglomerate and mafic to felsic flows. Chlorite-biotite alteration is prominent.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.68 oz/t Au, 0.13 oz/t Ag and 0.54% Cu over 2 ft in intermediate tuffs. The best Cu value was 1.18% Cu over 2 ft.



Mineral Record Details

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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