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| Record Name(s) | Huffman No. 8 - 1991, Jess-Mac DDH No. 17 - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Township or Area: Huffman
Latitude: 47° 36' 37.13" Longitude: -82° 9' 5.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 413451.41 Northing: 5273632.21 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O09SE
Point Location Description: Jess-Mac drill hole No. 17
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The easiest access to the site is by canoe from the boat launch at the Jerome Mine.
1949-50: Jess Mac Gold Mines Ltd. - ground magnetometer survey, trenching, diamond drilling. 2007-2012: Augen Gold Corp.- AEM, AMag, ARAD; Pr, Assays; EM, IP, Mag, GC, Samp; lake sediment survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-5671 / 2.37373 | 20000002805 | 20000002805 |
| T-2134 / 63.1902 | 41O09SE0022 | 41O09SE0022 |
| T-6397 / 2.50432 | 20000007039 | 20000007039 |
| T-6398 / 2.50999 | 20000007106 | 20000007106 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Ridout
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2724 +/-4 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384F
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Descriptions of the zone report that mineralization is very sparse throughout the porphyry and is confined largely to fractured zones. There is a pronounced reddening of the porphyry near the mineralization.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralization reportedly consists of fine-grained pyrite and chalcopyrite. The best assays obtained from the drill hole are: 0.03 oz/t Au and 1.58% Cu over 3 feet.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
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: 46 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
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:
Part - Geology of the Opeepeesway Lake area
Publication Number: ARV44-07.001 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Opeepeesway Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384f 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
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 166 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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: 31-34 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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