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MDI41O16SW00030
| Record Name(s) | Blue Falcon #1 - 1987, Texore - 1970, Blue Falcon-1 - 1987, Opeepeesway River Copper - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Marion
Latitude: 47° 45' 33.78" Longitude: -82° 16' 43.87"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 404161.42 Northing: 5290349.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16SW
Point Location Description: Area of trenching/stripping near east/northeast border of former clm P.794912
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Property is approx. 50km wnw of Gogama, Ont., and is accessible by either helicopter or float plane or overland. Travel south from Gogama approx. 20 km along Hwy 144, then west along a forest service road to train stop of Ramsay, then north to the intersection of the Jerome Mine road and the Rush Lake access road. Take the Rush Lake road north past Opeepeesway Lake and into Mallard Township. Past this point an off-road vehicle is required to get to the SW bay on Rush Lake, via old lumber roads. Boat access to the property is then available via Rush River.
1970, Texore Mines Limited: Reported discovery of Cu mineralization; trenching, mag, em surveys (GR 157) 1987, Blue Falcon Mines (Colray Resources option): linecutting, geological survey, data compilation, stripping, sampling, assays (T-3142).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3142 / 2.10672 | 41O16SE0007 | 41O16SE0007 |
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
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Granodiorite - Diorite | Host |
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| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz Feldspar | Host |
Nov 13, 2012 (D Draper) - Area of mineralization in close proximity of the contact between granodiorite intrusive complex and intermediate volcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Sampling 300-foot long zone of stripping returned: from QFP at north end--0.02 opt Au, 0.23 opt Ag, 1.02% Cu; from intrusive complex to the south, best assays were 4.81% Cu, 0.98 opt Ag, 0.012 opt Au. (T-3142).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
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: 41O-160 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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
Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 246 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: 318-319 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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