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Record: MDI41P01SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH CHA08 - 1998, Ferrim Lake - 1964, Kokoko Lake Group - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Cynthia

Latitude: 47° 4' 44.48"    Longitude: -80° 0' 44.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 574984   Northing: 5214419    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P01SE

Point Location Description: collar of Falconbridge DDH CHA 07

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1949: W. McCready - prospecting, dip needle survey. 1952-54: Dominion Gulf Co. - mapping, ground geophysics, trenching, sampling, DD-3-1860 ft. 1998: Falconbridge Ltd. - DD-2-373 m, ground geophysics. 2007-2011: Pantheon Ventures Ltd. - ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-0882 / 63.346 31M04SW0014 31M04SW0014
CO-0882 41P01SE0002 41P01SE0002
CO-2360/ 2.18656 31M04SW2016 31M04SW2016
CO-2359/ 2.18658 31M04SW2012 31M04SW2012
CO-3278/ 2.36857 20000002633 20000002633
2.39801 20000003599 20000003599
CO-3631 / 2.48757 20000006599 20000006599
CO-3612/2.47861 20000006284 20000006284
CO-0881 41P01SE0003 41P01SE0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Contains
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 29, 2013 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of mafic, felsic and intermediate metavolcanics interbedded with graphitic metasediments.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3GraphiteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
5PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 29, 2013 (A Wilson) - The best assays from DDH CHA07 returned 131 ppm Cu and 2110 ppm Zn over 0.70 m and 189 ppm Cu, 686 ppm Zn and 1220 ppm Pb over 0.50 m. A 0.60 m section of drill core from DDH CHA08 assayed 87 ppm Cu, 3250 ppm Zn and 30 ppm Pb.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-0886, CO-0888

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Northwestern Timagami area, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2057 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Simony P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Article - Geology of part of the Temagami greenstone belt, District of Nipissing, including relationships between lithologic, alteration, and structural features and precious-metal occurrences

Publication Number: MP146.018 Page: 108, 109, 113  Date: 1997

Author: Fyon J.A., Cole S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Cobalt-Temagami Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3581 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2006

Author: Ayer J.A., Chartrand J.E., Grabowski G.P.B., Josey S.D., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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