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Record: MDI42A05NE00126

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH Fdp 97-2 - 1997, Deep Pit Prospect - 1997
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Dec-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Whitesides

Latitude: 48° 24' 47.43"    Longitude: -81° 44' 18.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 445357.184   Northing: 5362487.823    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Drill hole at 21+00E/16+80N on Falconbridge claim

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of bush roads heading off of the Dana Jowsey Park road.



Exploration History

1994-97: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, stripping, trenching, 1 ddh (180 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4646 42A05NE2045 42A05NE2045
T-3644, 2.15589 42A05NE0068 42A05NE0068
T-3644, W9560-00317 42A05NE0056 42A05NE0056
2.17688, T-3644 42A05NE0139 42A05NE0139
2.17457, T-3644 42A05NE0116 42A05NE0116
2.17929, T-3644 42A05NE0171 42A05NE0171
2.18163, T-3644 42A05NE2003 42A05NE2003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Feldspar Porphyry 2 Feldspar Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate metavolcanics interbedded with feldpar porphyry. Quartz veinlets are prominent throughout the sequence.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 3002 ppm Cu, 35 ppb Au over 0.5 m. Channel samples returned values up to 0.08% over 0.5 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

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.

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MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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