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| Record Name(s) | Conwest DDH-3 - 1975 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Township or Area: Turnbull
Latitude: 48° 28' 15.53" Longitude: -81° 38' 37.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 452410.002 Northing: 5368849.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NE
Point Location Description: drill collar for DDH-3 on sketch in T-1658
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1975-77: Conwest Exploration Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics, DD-4-1329 ft. 1984: Chevron Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, geochemistry. 1991-97: Cambior Inc. - geology, geochemistry, ground geophysics. 19992000: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1658, 2.1776 | 42A05NE0113 | 42A05NE0113 |
| T-1658, 2.2401 | 42A05NE0110 | 42A05NE0110 |
| T-1658, 2.2400 | 42A05NE8517 | 42A05NE8517 |
| T-2904 | 42A05NE0107 | 42A05NE0107 |
| T-3475 | 42A05NE0166 | 42A05NE0166 |
| T-3475 | 42A05NE0096 | 42A05NE0096 |
| T-4279 | 42A05NE2022 | 42A05NE2022 |
| T-4587 | 42A06NW2026 | 42A06NW2026 |
| T-3475 | 42A05NE8706 | 42A05NE8706 |
| T-2904 | 42A05NE0062 | 42A05NE0062 |
| T-3475 | 42A05NE0100 | 42A05NE0100 |
| T-1658, 24 | 42A05NE0152 | 42A05NE0152 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Feb 27, 2008 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate to felsic tuffs. Between 193 and 272 m the drill hole intersected two bands of semi-continuous sulphides in quartz veins. The sulphides concentrate at the contact between the intermediate and felsic tuffs.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite | Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Felsic Tuff | 3 | Rhyolite | Tuff | Footwall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 27, 2008 (A Wilson) - A 5 ft section of intermediate tuffs returned 3300 ppm Cu, 5 ppm Pb, 300 ppm Zn and 4 ppb Ag. The chalcopyrite appears as a halo surrounding the pyrrhotite.
Map - Geological series, Turnbull Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0966 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Page: 54-55 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships
Publication Number: P3544-REV Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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