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Record: MDI41O15SW00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mattagami Lake DH S-2-76-3 - 1976, Mattagami Lake Group 2 - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Mar-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By D Draper

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Halcrow

Latitude: 47° 49' 2.8"    Longitude: -82° 51' 45.42"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 360570.002   Northing: 5297690    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O15SW

Point Location Description: Precise: collar of hole S-2-76-3 transferred to GIS display for coods

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The project area is located 25 to 30 miles southeast of Chapleau. Access is by float equipped aircraft from Chapleau or by winter road from Sultan which runs as far as Lee Lake near the southeast corner of Halcrow Township.



Exploration History

1975-76: Mattagami Lake Explortion Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (417 ft). 1984: Micham Exploration Inc. - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2870 / 2.7022 41O10NW0090 41O10NW0090
T-1709 / 2.2032 41O15SW9086 41O15SW9086

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Andesite Tuff Host
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of silicified and chloritized porphyritic tuffs that display localized graphitic and chloritic seams. Narrow silicified sections contain disseminated sulphides.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from the drill hole returned a value of 0.26% Zn and 0.03% Cu over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Halcrow and Denyes townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2120 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Donovan J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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

Publication Number: OF 3384b Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada


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