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Record: MDI41O09SE00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Granges DDH GOG-5 - 1982, Siragusa #25 - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2000-Feb-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Huffman

Latitude: 47° 36' 18.86"    Longitude: -82° 6' 7.23"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 417170.4   Northing: 5273014.16    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O09SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for DDH GOG-5.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Secondary roads at the north end of the Yeo Road come to within 1 km of the old drill set-up.



Exploration History

1963: Denison Mines - geological mapping, ground magnetic and EM surveys. 1980: Hargor Resources - AEM and AMAG surveys. 1982: Granges Exploration - ground EM survey, diamond drilling. 1988-1990: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd.- AEM and AMAG. 1991: E.J. Lalonde - prospecting, sampling. 1997: J. Brady - stripping, trenching, sampling. 2002: J. Brady - ground EM survey. 2006: J. Brady - trenching, stripping sampling. 2006-2008: Namex Explorations Inc. - GC; DD, Assays. 2009-2010: Augen Gold Corp. - DD - 10 - 1831m, Assays; IP, Mag, EM


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5743 / 2.38459 20000003436 20000003436
T-6151 / 2.46424 20000005658 20000005658
T-5532 / 2.34812 20000002108 20000002108
T-6335 / 2.49911 20000006396 20000006396
T-6397 / 2.50432 20000007039 20000007039
T-6398 / 2.50999 20000007106 20000007106
2.11518 41O09SE0002 41O09SE0002
OP91-427 41O09NE0003 41O09NE0003
2.24040 41O09SE2009 41O09SE2009
2.17729 41O09SE2001 41O09SE2001
2.32902 20000001561 20000001561
T-2519 / 41O09NE0001 41O09NE0001
T-2131 / 63.1260 41O09SE0023 41O09SE0023

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Halcrow-Swayze

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

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralization may be related to a fault zone.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Chloritic-Graphitic Recrystallized Schist Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Dacite Tuff Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jul 01, 2016 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted in a narrow reworked and contorted chlorite-graphite schist. The boundaries to this unit are sharp and in contact with a well banded dacite-rhyodacitic tuff.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3GraphiteEconomicGangue
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1StrongReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Jan 11, 2013 (A Wilson) - Disseminated pyrrhotite and pyrite tend to be confined to the graphitic schist horizon. The drill hole intersected 0.16% Zn, 0.03 % Cu, 0.5 g/t Ag and 0.05 g/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Fault

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 1

References

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


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

Publication Number: OFR5844 Scale:     Date: 1993

Author: Siragusa G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


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


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