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Record: MDI42A03SE00039

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Inmet Zavitz Creek - 1997
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2000-May-10
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Zavitz

Latitude: 48° 1' 26.12"    Longitude: -81° 9' 25.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 488291.858   Northing: 5318971.018    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03SE

Point Location Description: UTM co-ordinates given in assessment file

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: From Matachewan, Take Highway 561 W for 30 KM. Turn onto Forest Access Rd. and follow for 27 km the crossin of Zavitz Creek. A canoe trip north on Zavitz Creek leads to the area of this occurrence.



Exploration History

In 1997 Inmet Mining Corporation completed mapping sampling and prospecting on a large property in Zavitz and Hutt Township. Two samples from an outcrop on the west side of Zavitz Creek return assay of 647 ppb and 570 ppb Au. The samples were of a albitite dike and albitite dike plus quartz vein.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3965 42A03SE2004 42A03SE2004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - According to Inmet, gold occurs in pyritized albite dikes and pyritized/albitized volcanics (variolitic basalt and ultramafic volcanics?) Pyrite mineralization occurs as fine disseminations (up to 5-10%) often associated with astockwork of quartz veinlets. Strong iron carbonate alteration is also present in the host rocks.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Albitite Dike Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Host
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 3 Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
AlbiteAlterationAlbitization1Replacement
AnkeriteAlterationCarbonatization2MediumReplacement
CalciteAlterationCarbonatization3Replacement
PyriteAlterationSulphidation4WeakReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - Sampled material contained up to 10% py.



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