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| Record Name(s) | Essex Minerals DH 79-1 - 1979, Allerston Property - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Jun-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Township or Area: Halliday
Latitude: 47° 55' 45.27" Longitude: -81° 9' 29.56"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 488181.998 Northing: 5308448.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P14NE
Point Location Description: Collar of Essex DDH 79-1
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Essex DDH 79-1 was collared in the middle of a small unnamed lake located on the Hutt - Halliday boundary. A trail that extends south from Highway 566 along the power line that transects Hutt Tp. may provide access to the occurrence.
1977-79: Essex Minerals Company - mapping, ground geophysics, DD-1-409 ft. 1981: Norcen Energy Resources - airborne geophysics. 2000: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2671, 2.2616 | 41P14NE0000 | 41P14NE0000 |
| T-2684 | 41P14NE0019 | 41P14NE0019 |
| T-4582 | 41P14NE2007 | 41P14NE2007 |
| T-4603 | 41P14NE2008 | 41P14NE2008 |
| 2.2804, T-2671 | 41P14NE0075 | 41P14NE0075 |
| 63.3595, T-2671 | 41P14NE0069 | 41P14NE0069 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate flow breccia | 1 | Breccia | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Ryholite | Breccia | Footwall |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Graphitic Nodular Pyrite | Host |
Aug 18, 2009 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of rhyolite and andesitic breccia interbedded with rhyolite tuff breccia. The conductive horizon is a graphitic nodular pyrite unit containing scattered carbonate and quartz veins.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 18, 2009 (A Wilson) - A 5 foot section of drill core returned 5400 ppm Zn, 80 ppm Pb, 940 ppm Cu, 0.6 oz/t Ag and 0.03 oz/t Au from a section of graphitic nodular pyrite. A 24 foot section of this horizon averaged 0.03 Au, 2914 ppm Zn and anomalous copper.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Concordant |
File - Resident Geologist file T-2637
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Semple and Hutt townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2291 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Ferrier Lake-Canoeshed Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R231 Date: 1984
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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