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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DH H-1-80 - 1980, Falconbridge DH 668-4-84 - 1984, Halex DH 24 - 1988, Conquest Yellowknife Gold Project - 1993, MacDonnell Trench Area 2 - 1998 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1994-Aug-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Iron
Township or Area: Heenan
Latitude: 47° 47' 24.28" Longitude: -82° 21' 2.36"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 398840 Northing: 5293852 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16SW
Point Location Description: Collar of drill hole H-1-80 transferred to GIS map for UTM coords.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The showing is accessed by the Heenan Road off of the Dore Road which begins in Garnet Township just north of the Wakami River. The Dore Road can be accessed from the south via the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144. An old trail, visible from the 1991 MNR air photo, leads from the edge of the clear-cut to Claim Lake and the showing.
1975: U. S. Steel International / W.G. Wahl carried out ground geophysics (T-2311). 1973, 1980-85: Falconbridge carried out ground geophysics, drilling, stripping, geological mapping, lithogeochemistry, humus geochemistry, and trenching (T-2105,T-2345). 1987-88: Halex Resources (Falconbridge option) carried out an IP survey and drilling (T-3313). 1993-1994: Conquest Yellowknife Resources carried out drilling (T-3733). 1998: A. Macdonnell, et al. carried out trenching, stripping, and assays (T-4260). 1998: Archibald, G.M. carried out prospecting and mapping (T-4375). 2005-2006: VenCan Gold Corporation carried out ground and airborne geophysical surveys (T-5112, T-5328, T-5418).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2105 / 2.1265 | 41O16SW0060 | 41O16SW0060 |
| T-2311 / 2.2085 | 41O16SW9149 | 41O16SW9149 |
| T-2345 / 2.4515 | 41O16SE0016 | 41O16SE0016 |
| T-2345 / W8106-00171 | 41O16SW5023 | 41O16SW5023 |
| T-2345 / 2.3744 | 41O16SE0018 | 41O16SE0018 |
| T-2345 / 2.5183 | 41O16SE0019 | 41O16SE0019 |
| T-2345 / 2.5182 | 41O16SE0450 | 41O16SE0450 |
| T-2345 / 2.5994 | 41O16SE0017 | 41O16SE0017 |
| T-2345 / 2.7756 | 41O16SW0004 | 41O16SW0004 |
| T-2345 / 2.6582 | 41O16SW0007 | 41O16SW0007 |
| T-2345 / 19 | 41O16SW0046 | 41O16SW0046 |
| T-2345 / 2.8485 | 41O16SW0002 | 41O16SW0002 |
| T-2345 / 2.8843 | 41O16SE0010 | 41O16SE0010 |
| T-3313 / 63.5169 | 41O16SE0006 | 41O16SE0006 |
| T-3733 / W9560-00200 | 41O16SW0011 | 41O16SW0011 |
| T-4260 / 2.19636 | 41O16SW2003 | 41O16SW2003 |
| T-4375 | ||
| T-5112 / 2.29451 | 20000000278 | 20000000278 |
| T-5328 / 2.31641 | 20000001192 | 20000001192 |
| T-5418 / 2.33014 | 20000001584 | 20000001584 |
| T-2345 / 18 | 41O16SW0050 | 41O16SW0050 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Marion
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 +/- 5 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384C
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Magnetite Ironstone | 1 | Chert-Magnetite Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Wacke | Adjacent |
Jul 10, 2009 (K Houle) - Anomalous gold values are reported to occur within a chert-magnetite-sulphide facies banded iron formation unit in contact with feldspar porphyry and epiclastic sediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 10, 2009 (K Houle) - The better gold values were found to be associated with massive to semi massive pyritic sections of the iron formation with or without irregular quartz veins.
Jul 10, 2009 (D Draper) - Falconbridge work: --Drillhole H-1-80 assayed 0.41 opt (14.0 gpt) Au over 5.5ft in a zone of cherty breccia within IF, mineralized with 10% py. --Holes H-2 and H-3 were collared within 50m of H-1. H-2-80 returned 0.04opt (1.4 gpt) Au over 7.6ft, again in chert breccia, and 0.66% Zn and 0.14% Cu over 3.5ft of graphitic IF containing 80% py. H-3-80 assayed 0.16opt (5.5 gpt) Au over 4ft within a 14 foot section of IF averaging 0.067opt Au. A lower section returned 0.02opt Au, 0.12% Cu and 0.47% Zn over 7 ft. --Hole 668-3-84, collared 138m SE of H-1-80, averaged 2077ppb Au over 5.5ft (1.7m) across a contact between iron formation and feldspar porphyry. --Hole 668-4-84, collared 295m SSE of H-1-80, averaged 2.87 gpt Au over a 9.3m section of BIF, including 0.9m of 7.62 gpt. (T-2345) Halex drillhole 24, collared 75m south of H-1, intersected what was described in the log as a highly magnetic chert horizon mineralized with 30-40% pyrite in veinlets. This unit assayed 988ppb Au over 1.5ft. (T-3313) Conquest Yellowknife drilling: Holes CYR-1A, 2, 3, 4 were collared within meters of H-1; holes CYR-5, 6, 7 collared within meters of 668-4-884. Best gold assay results: --CYR-1A, 1142ppb over 4ft in IF; CYR-2, avg. of 2205ppb over 15ft from quartz breccia vein in IF; CYR-3, 987ppb over 6.6ft in a cherty, pyritic tuff; CYR-4, 2606ppb over 3.3ft in an altered quartz feldspar porphyry. --Holes CYR-5 to 7 all returned gold values greater than 500 ppb (up to 1632ppb) over at least 5 foot widths within iron formation. (T-3733) MacDonnell Trench Area 2, in the immediate vicinity of H-1-80, assayed up to 0.28opt (9.6 gpt) Au over 12ft, including 3ft of 20.57 gpt. (T-4260)
Jan 29, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Samples taken during OGS mapping project (T.Gemmell, 2019; per.comm) gave favourable returns. 19TG112A-2, a magnetite ironstone assayed at 19.06% Fe2O3 and 5.86 ppm Au. 19TG113A, a jasper sample assayed at 28.3% FeO2 and 4.54 ppm Au.
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451
MonoMap - Geology of Heenan and Marion townships and the northern part of Genoa Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R038 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Swayze Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3511 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2002
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Heenan Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RRGO
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: 314-315 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Core - Resident Geologist District Core Library, TI1959 and TI1960
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RRGO
Map - Heenan Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0135 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Heenan, Marion and northern part of Genoa townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2067 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M., Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Particulate Gold Abundance in Surficial Sediments [-10 Mesh (<2mm) Size Fraction], Rush Lake Area, District of Timmins
Publication Number: P3324 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Bernier M.A., Pierna B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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