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Record: MDI32L13NE00001

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH Dlo/74/10/1 - 1974
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Nov-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lower Detour Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 52' 45.57"    Longitude: -79° 37' 2.52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 599335.525   Northing: 5526130.195    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 32E13NE

Point Location Description: drill collar locn per Prov Drillhole MNDM_ID 12465

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by helicopter from Cochrane.



Exploration History

1959: Conwest Exploration Co. - ground geophysics, (T-673) 1974: Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. - 1 ddh (385 ft) (T-1684) 1981-82: Getty Canadian Metals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, (T-2443) 2004: Falconbridge Limited - airborne geophysics (T-5589) 2007: Dentonia Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics (T-5819)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0673 / 63.1023 32E13NE0118 32E13NE0118
T-2443 / 2.4292 32E13NE9322 32E13NE9322
T-2443 / 2.4613 32E13NE0081 32E13NE0081
T-2443 / 2.5306 32E13NE0074 32E13NE0074
T-5589 / 2.36298 20000000027 20000000027
T-5819 / 2.40023 20000003683 20000003683
T-1684 32E13NE0112 32E13NE0112

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
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Flow Footwall
Porphyry-unsubdivided 4 Near

Lithology Comments

Jun 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Slightly anomalous base metal values were recovered from 5 foot sections of graphitic schist and mafic metavolcanic flows. A narrow feldspar-quartz porphyry was intersected at depth.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.310% Zn, 0.042%Cu and 0.02% Ni over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Timmins data series, Lower Detour Lake area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2295 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S.

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 - Burntbush-Detour lakes, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2453 Scale: 1:100,000    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

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