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Record: MDI42A06NE00105

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Allerston One - 1990, Allerston Gold DDH LC-88-8 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-20
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Whitney

Latitude: 48° 29' 14.6"    Longitude: -81° 9' 8.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 488743   Northing: 5370485    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: collar for DDH LC-88-8

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Travel south of Porcupine 3 km on the concession road. The three shafts that make up this site are separated by approximately 1500m east to west. The east shaft is 950m to the east. An old logging road leads to this site. The middle shaft is 100m south west of the road. The west shaft is at the bottom of a large outcrop beside the road and 400m to the west of the concession line.



Exploration History

1965,1973-1975: R. Allerston – DD-1-112 ft., stripping, trenching, mapping. 1967: Canadian Lencourt Mines Ltd. – DD-2, IP Survey, mapping, ground geophysics, DD-5-1002.5 ft. 1976-77: Rosario Resources Corp. – IP survey, ground magnetics, EM, mapping, airborne geophysics. 1988: Lithium Corporation of Canada – DD-1-189.3 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1052/2.2256 42A06NE0058 42A06NE0058
T-1052/2.2257 42A06NE0059 42A06NE0059
T-1052/2.2833 42A06NE0046 42A06NE0046
T-1052/2.2628 42A06NE0049 42A06NE0049
T-2729/ OM87-5C-268 / 63.5470 42A06NE0084 42A06NE0084
T-1052/ 2.2464 42A06NE0053 42A06NE0053
2.2520, T-1052 42A06NE0051 42A06NE0051
2.2845, T-1052 42A06NE0045 42A06NE0045
2.3613, T-1052 42A06NE0209 42A06NE0209
2.3384, T-1052 42A06NE0037 42A06NE0037

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic Schist 1 Ultramafic Schist Contains
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Quartz-Sericite Contains
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 3 Shear Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jan 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of schists. High zinc and lead values were found within a sheared quartz-sericite schist




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2SphaleriteEconomicGangue
3GalenaEconomicGangue
4SilverEconomicGangue
5PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - The best assay from a quartz vein returned 13 oz/t Ag. Grab samples collected by Rosario Resources returned assays of 37800 ppm Zn, 25 ppm Ag and 1650 ppb Au (sample Q-63) and 0.27% Cu, 5.06% Zn, 0.38% As, 0.34% Pb, 0.03 oz/t Au and 0.99 oz/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unknown
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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

Publication Number: P2123 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 86  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Whitney and Hoyle Townships

Publication Number: P3547-REV Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 2005

Author: Bateman R.

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:


Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 23  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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