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| Record Name(s) | Benton 1-74 - 1977, Noranda DDH B-77-3 - 1995 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | K Houle |
| Revised By | Sheree Hinz |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Benton
Latitude: 47° 43' 50.96" Longitude: -82° 24' 4.98"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 394921.46 Northing: 5287334.07 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole for hole B-77-3
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Take Dore Road north from the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. A road heads east into Benton Twp from a point below the Wakami River in Garnet Twp. This road allows access to the Wakami River in Benton Twp. The showing is north of the Wakami River in north central Benton Township.
1974-77: Noranda Exploration conducted a ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey over an 18 claim block north of the Wakami River in north central Benton Township. Geophysics was followed up by one drill hole, the subject of this file, which intersected rhyolite to dacite with sections of semi-massive pyrite. Some of these mineralized sections returned weakly anomalous gold values. 1981: Benton Resources Inc. completed an airborne geophysical survey (EM and magnetometer). 1985: Noranda Exploration conducted a second ground magnetic and VLF survey over an area that included the 1977 drill hole. 2011: Cascadero Copper Corp. completed a geochemical soil sampling program and assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2306 / 2.1786 | 41O09NW0066 | 41O09NW0066 |
| T-2581 / 2.4261 | 41O16SW0012 | 41O16SW0012 |
| T-6459 / 2.52636 | 20000007771 | 20000007771 |
| T-2306 / 2.8471 | 41O09NW9145 | 41O09NW9145 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Marion
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2705 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384F
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Dacite To Rhyolite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Weakly anomalous gold values were found associated with rhyolite to dacite containing heavy pyrite mineralization returned from a drill hole. This unit is described as light grey coloured, fine grained to aphanitic, and siliceous. This unit is reported to have weak schistosity at a core angle of 60 degrees. Vesicular sections exist with voids filled with calcite. Pyrite mineralization occurs throughout the entire hole in varying concentrations.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Pyrite and pyrrhotite mineralization exists throughout the hole. Pyrite exists as extremely fine grained disseminates, narrow seams, pods, and semi-massive sections. Weakly anomalous gold values were found to be associated with some of the semi-massive sections of pyrite and pyrrhotite.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay associated with this drill hole was 0.71 oz/t Au.
Sep 27, 2012 (P Bousquet) - The best assay associated with this drill hole was 0.02 oz/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Map - Geological series, Benton Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2341 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 Scale: Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Benton and Mallard townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2504 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
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