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| Record Name(s) | Essex Minerals DDH 79-8 - 1979, Essex Minerals Hydro Block - 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-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Semple
Latitude: 47° 59' 48.1" Longitude: -81° 12' 13.13"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 484807.935 Northing: 5315952.928 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P14NE
Point Location Description: Collar of Essex Minerals DDH 79-8
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The drill hole collar lies about 1 km to the south of Highway 566 and about 150 m to the west of the Hutt-Semple Township boundary.
1978-79, Essex Minerals Company - mapping, ground geophysics, stripping, sampling and trenching, DD-1-643 feet. 1992-94: Royal Oak Mines - mapping, ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2884 | 42A03SE8378 | 42A03SE8378 |
| T-2884 | 42A03SE0018 | 42A03SE0018 |
| T-2687 | 41P14NE0069 | 41P14NE0069 |
| T-136 | 41P14NE8385 | 41P14NE8385 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Dacitic | Tuff/Lapilli Tuff | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Tuff | Host |
Aug 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of intermediate tuffs interlayered with graphitic tuff. The drill hole terminated in quartz carbonate-talc-chlorite alteration.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Replacement | |||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 2 | Replacement |
Aug 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - The sphalerite noted in the diamond drill log is not associated with the occurrence grade sections. Drill hole 78-8 intersected several intervals that returned Zn values up to 10450 ppm. Copper values were anomalous up to 2345 ppm . Gold values reported up to 0.1 ppm and 1.9 ppm.
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
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Map - Semple Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0490 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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
Location:
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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