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Record: MDI42A04NW00047

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wallingford Option - 1956, Consolidated Tungsten DDH 5 - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Hillary

Latitude: 48° 14' 33.32"    Longitude: -81° 51' 14.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 436593.998   Northing: 5343615.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A04NW

Point Location Description: drill collar for DDH 5 on plan in T-604

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: A secondary road off 101 which gives access to Opishing Lake passes within a couple of hundred metres of the plotted set up.



Exploration History

1956: Consolidated Tungsten Mining Corp - DD


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0604 42A04NE0102 42A04NE0102

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Muskego-Reeves

Geological Age: Neoarchean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Sep 06, 2007 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate metavolcanic rocks, feldspar porphyry and diorite. Narrow quartz veins are common. The drill hole terminated in intermediate metavolcanics (andesite). The andesite is described as being moderately sheared in places.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 06, 2007 (A Wilson) - A 2.5 ft section of drill core returned 1.08% Cu from a quartz vein.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Sewell Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0464 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Milne V.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kukatush-Sewell Lake area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R097 Page: 80  Date: 1972

Author: Milne V.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Publication - N MINER MAR 22, 1956

Publication Number: NMINER 56 Date: 1956

Author: Consolidated Tungsten

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location: Timmins RRGO clippings files


Map - Reeves and Sewell townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2230 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1972

Author: Milne V.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 500-501  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1995

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Swayze Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3511 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2002

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Core - Resident Geologist Core Library

Publication Number: Drill Core Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins DCL


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