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| Record Name(s) | Gulf Minerals Drill Hole Z-3 - 1975, Allerston Option - 1985, Canadian Nickel - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jun-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Zavitz
Latitude: 48° 2' 50.05" Longitude: -81° 4' 28.92"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 494432.906 Northing: 5321553.039 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03SE
Point Location Description: Drill hole collar of Gulf Minerals DDH Z-3
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the property is gained by taking Pine Street south from the city of Timmins for a distance of 50 km, thence east along a major lumber road to the Zavitz Hincks Township border. Lumber trails suitable for ATV traffic lead north to the area of this occurrence.
1965 Canadian Nickel Company, staked 15 claims on regional airborne targets. Ground Mag, Em and geological surveys. 2 ddh intersected 1-2% diss. Py and Po in graphitice sediments and volcanics. 1974 Faclonbridge Nickel completed ground mag, em and geological surveys 1975 Gulf Minerals 4 ddh intersections of 4.7 m and 1.6 m massive Py and Po. Assays of up to 0.32% Zn and 0.005 opt Au were reported. 1989 Inco Exploration, geological mapping, ground mag, vlf-em, trenching and sampling. no significant assays reported. 1997 M.A. Tremblay completed prospecting and sampling in the area of the Gulf Mineral Diamond Drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2677, 2.1607 | 42A03SE0116 | 42A03SE0116 |
| T-2672 | 42A03SE8422 | 42A03SE8422 |
| 2.1796, T-2677 | 42A03SE0112 | 42A03SE0112 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The area of Gulf Minerals 1975 diamond drilling and Canadian Nickel's 1965 drill hole is underlain by pillowed and brecciated basalts. These are overlain by graphitic sediments and a narow unite of Volcaniclastic conglomerate. Disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite are common. Massive barren sulphides were encountered within the graphitic rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
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| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Graphitic | Host |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Volcaniclastic Conglomerate | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
File - Resident Geologist file T-4201
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - English and Zavitz townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2290 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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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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