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| Record Name(s) | Hollinger DDH FP5-2-71 - 1971, Bruce Lake West - 1991, Filo Area B - 1992 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Fripp
Latitude: 48° 13' 6.17" Longitude: -81° 24' 26.95"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 469732 Northing: 5340653 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03NW
Point Location Description: Approximate center of group of 6 drillholes
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south along Pine Street for a distance of approximately 25 km from Timmins. From here the property is accessible by an old lumber road heading due west for 7.5 km to the east shore of Bruce Lake.
1965, 1966, 1971, 1974: Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd.: ground geophysics, mapping, trenching, sampling, drilling. 1992-94: D. Jones and K. Filo - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-0702 / 63.1768 | 42A03NW0033 | 42A03NW0033 |
| T-3538 / 2.14893 | 42A03NW8457 | 42A03NW8457 |
| T-3538 / 2.15491 | 42A03NW0001 | 42A03NW0001 |
| T-4200 (dupl of T-3538), OP92-272 | 32D05NW0112 | 32D05NW0112 |
| T-0702, 18 | 42A03SW0036 | 42A03SW0036 |
| T-0702, 19 | 42A03NW0034 | 42A03NW0034 |
| T-0702, 12 | 42A03SW0037 | 42A03SW0037 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Brecciated | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Diorite | 2 | Quartz Diorite | Sheared | Adjacent |
| Peridotite | 3 | Peridotite | Footwall |
Aug 13, 2007 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling by Hollinger in 1974 intersected sheared quartz diorite. A sulphide-bearing quartz-breccia zone returned elevated copper values. The drill hole ended in peridotite, which returned elevated nickel values.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 08, 2014 (D Draper) - Between 1971 and 1974, Hollinger drilled 6 holes in the southern half of former claim P.278732; assay results for 5 of these are on file at the Timmins RRGO (most samples over 5ft sections of core): FP5-1-71 - 9200 ppm Cu; FP5-2-71 - 13,500 ppm Cu in quartz diorite; 5900 ppm Cu in andesite; FP5-3-71 - 12,100 ppm Cu; FP5-4-71 - 2000 ppm Cu in diorite; 1860 ppm Ni in peridotite; FP5-6-74 - 0.31% to 0.70% Cu over 7ft A grab sample collected in 1992 by Filo and Jones from a pit in the vicinity of Hollinger’s drilling returned 0.39% Cu.
MonoMap - Geology of the Peterlong Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Sudbury
Publication Number: R171 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 42A-6 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Peterlong Lake
Publication Number: M2345 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
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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