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Record: MDI42A05NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dea Option - 1995, New Kelore - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Whitesides

Latitude: 48° 25' 9.84"    Longitude: -81° 44' 58.85"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 444532.18   Northing: 5363187.831    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NW

Point Location Description: Grab samples from trenched area

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Dana Jowsey Park road and a series of logging roads heading north east from there.



Exploration History

1961: Paymastre Consolidated Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1965: New Kelore Mines Ltd. - 6 ddh (1872 ft). 1986-92: I. Dea - stripping, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (404 ft). 1994-2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - stripping, sampling, mapping, ground geophysics, airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3072, 2.14484 42A05NW8525 42A05NW8525
T-4587 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-3644, 2.15589 42A05NE0068 42A05NE0068
2.14379, T-3072 42A05NW0107 42A05NW0107
19, T-3072 42A05NW0103 42A05NW0103
T-3644, W9560-00317 42A05NE0056 42A05NE0056
2.17688, T-3644 42A05NE0139 42A05NE0139
2.17457, T-3644 42A05NE0116 42A05NE0116
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
Felsic Tuff 1 Tuff Near
Porphyry-unsubdivided 2 Felsic Near
Oxide Ironstone 3 Oxide-Facies Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Low zinc and coppr values were intersected in diamond drill holes completed by New Kelore Mines Ltd. The best assays from grab samples collected by Falconbridge in 1995 returned 4190 ppm Zn and 1040 ppm Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-598, T-904

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Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Whitesides Township, District of Cochrane, Timmins data series

Publication Number: P0488 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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 - Geological series, Kamiskotia-Whitesides area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0633 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Wolfe W.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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.

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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

Location:


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