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Record: MDI41O10NE00028

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Teck DDH 1554-7 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-14
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By Sheree Hinz

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Cunningham

Latitude: 47° 44' 52.92"    Longitude: -82° 38' 17.22"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 377211.64   Northing: 5289595.24    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O10NE

Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, GR157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Site not visited by the OGS.



Exploration History

1981-88: Ingamar Explorations Ltd. carried out ground magnetometer and VLF surveys, geological mapping, airborne mag and VLF surveys. 1990: Teck Explorations Ltd. completed geological mapping, 1 diamond drill hole totaling 326.5 ft., ground geophysical surveys (electromagnetic and magnetometer). 2008: Mantis Exploration Inc. carried out line-cutting and a ground geophysical survey (magnetometer). 2013-2017: Jex Exploration carried out soil sampling and geochemistry. 2019: John Leliever carried out airborne geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM, radiometric).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2432 / 2.11678 41O15SE0121 41O15SE0121
T-2432 / 2.4209 41O10NE0038 41O10NE0038
33097 20000017166 20000017166
T-5735 / 2.38489 20000003059 20000003059
T-7069 / 2.58231 20000015140 20000015140
T-3384 / 37 41O10NE0013 41O10NE0013
T-3384 / 2.13284 41O15SE0120 41O15SE0120

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Ridout

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2705 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Chert 3 Near
Claystone 4 Argillite Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 24, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Teck diamond drill hole 1554-7 gave an assay return of 1091 ppb Au over 1 ft. within quartz veins of a sediment/intermediate tuff unit. Chalcopyrite and pyrite are present within the mineralized quartz vein.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario

Publication Number: OF 3384E 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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