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Record: MDI41J01NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frechette Island Gold - 1991, Frechette Island Deposit - 1991, Buffalo Ankerite - 1991
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Trap Rock

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Frechette Island Area

Latitude: 46° 7' 33.68"    Longitude: -82° 16' 47.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 401125.47   Northing: 5108845.657    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41J01NW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Frechette Is-0011 41J01NW9337 41J01NW9337
Frechette Is-0015-A1 41J01NE0048 41J01NE0048



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 29, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Sulphides: noted in drill logs (see AFRO 1956). Au values: 0.15 oz/ton in 2' qtz vein (Frechette IS-0016 report). Trap rock: estimated 500 million tons R136 p. 108.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files IS-0013, IS-0016

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Sudbury RGP office


Map - Part of Indian Reserve No. 5 and offshore islands, Algoma and Manitoulin districts

Publication Number: M2309 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1975

Author: Robertson J.A., McCrindle W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Black Bay Peninsula, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2304 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1975

Author: McIlwaine W.H., Wallace H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Massey area, districts of Algoma, Manitoulin, and Sudbury

Publication Number: R136 Page: 108  Date: 1976

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 44  Date: 1985

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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