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| Record Name(s) | Northern Fe-Carbonate Altered Zone - 1998, Triex DDH WRL98-6 - 1998 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Semple
Latitude: 47° 59' 38.62" Longitude: -81° 14' 6.29"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 482462 Northing: 5315666.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P14NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access is achieved by gravel road extending south from Pine Street in Timmins. This road is formerly known as the Papkomeka Forest Access road and terminates 57 km south of Timmins at the junction with the Matahewan Forest Access road ( which heads east and is formerly known as Wick's Road) and the Parting/Sinclair and Muskakenda/Ferrier roads that head south west. A winter logging road branches off of the Muskakenda/Ferrier Road and leads to a point about 50 m SW of the occurrence. Total travelling distance from Timmins is 72 km..
1998: J. Robert: stripping, trenching, sampling 1998-99: Triex Resources Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, DD-8-861 m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-4121 | 42A03SE2012 | 42A03SE2012 |
| T-4094 | 41P14NE2002 | 41P14NE2002 |
| T-4095 | 42A03SE2017 | 42A03SE2017 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Variolitic | Near |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Pillowed And Massive Flows | Host | |
| Syenite | 3 | Syenite | Near | |
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 4 | Near |
Aug 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanics The mafic metavolcanics are intruded by narrow lamprophyre and syenite dikes. Some zones of silicification were observed adjacent to syenite dikes. Elevated gold values were returned from a narrow carbonate zone within the mafic metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Replacement | |||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Replacement |
Aug 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - A 0.5m section of core returned 0.87 g/t gold.
Aug 26, 2009 (G Seim) - Several zones of Fe Carbonate Alteration and Silicification are noted in the Mafic Volcanic rocks near the occurrence.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
File - Resident Geologist files T-4377 (OP98-332), T-4546 (OP99-37)
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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
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