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Record: MDI41O09NE00005

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Iron

Secondary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Huffman

Latitude: 47° 35' 12.22"    Longitude: -82° 6' 35.51"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 416550.48   Northing: 5270965.02    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O09NE

Point Location Description: A trench on the northern iron formation near Camp Lake.

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: The various locations are easily accessed via a number of secondary roads at the end of the New Arbutus logging road which branches off the Sultan Industrial road.

Exploration History

1907: Mr. Leith explored the iron formations in the area for their iron potential on behalf of other interests. 1948: Best Ore Mines carried out a 12 hole drill program in Huffman and Arbutus Townships. Apparently this was follow up work in a gold exploration program. A number of holes were located to test the banded iron formation which forms this prospect. No assays are on file. 1980: Hargor Resources carried out a regional airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey which covered the area. 1988: Bryndon Ventures assumed control of the ground to the east and carried out a till sampling program over the iron formation and which returned a number of anomalous samples west of Canoe Lake. 1990: Blue Falcon flew a second regional magnetic and electromagnetic survey which covered the area. 2007-2008: Augen Gold Corp. performed an aerial electromagnetic, aeromagnetic and aero-radiometric survey; prospecting, sampling, assays

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Ridout

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2700 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384F

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Though some attenuation and tectonic shortening is apparent in the banded iron formation, generally the unit is characterized by a low state of strain except for the amphibole facies where present which tends to be schistose.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - There are a number of banded iron formations in the area which are intercalated with pillowed mafic volcanics, coarser mafic flows. The banded iron formation range from several metres up to 10m thick. In the vicinity of the iron formations, the sequence is also locally intruded by coarse, parallel dykes which form part of the Keweenawan Trend. A number of conglomerate horizons and minor porphyry sills were intersected in drill core but not observed in outcrop. The iron formations are variable. They range from:- 1) lean laminated cherts with trails of magnetite intercalated with graphitic mudstones / schists and fine sand arenaceous rocks, 2) thin chert beds intercalated with brown carbonate beds and containing some hematite with trace manganite in cavities, 3) amphibole rich silicate facies lamellae together with chert.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Jun 27, 2016 (S Fumerton) - Disseminated pyrite locally forms up to 10% of the amphibole rich silicate facies iron formation. Otherwise only rare sulphides occur along fractures within the banded iron formation.

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1994 returned values of: 0.01 g/t Au, 0.8 g/t Ag; 0.01 g/t Au, 0.5 g/t Ag; 0.17 g/t Au and 0.5 g/t Ag. A diamond drill hole (GOG-5) intersected a 2-foot long section of schist assaying 0.16% Zn, 0.03 %Cu, 0.5 g/t Ag and 0.05 g/t Au.

Nov 15, 2011 (P Bousquet) - A rock sample taken by Augen Gold Corp returned an assay of 5220 ppm Zn (T-5852 / 2.40516).

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

References

Map - Geological series, Jerome area (east), District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P2370 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Publication - Preliminary report on Woman river and ridout map areas, Sudbury district, Ontario

Publication Number: Memoir 157 Page: 26-27  Date: 1929

Author: Emmons, R C; Thomson, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100840

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 51  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999

Map - Precambrian Geology, Huffman Township and Part of Arbutus Township

Publication Number: OFM0212 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Opeepeesway Lake, Ontario

Publication Number: OF3384f Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210454

Part - Geology of the Three Duck lakes area

Publication Number: ARV41-03.001 Page: 25  Date: 1998

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Part - Geology of the Opeepeesway Lake area

Publication Number: ARV44-07.001 Page: 9  Date: 1997

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 341  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane

Publication Number: R157 Date: 1977

Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

MonoMap - Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization of the Southern Margin of the Swayze Belt

Publication Number: OFR5844 Page: 77  Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 325-26  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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