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Record: MDI42A06NE00106

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lithium DDH 88-13,16, LC87-1 - 1987, Noranda - Lithium Joint Venture - 1987, R.E. Allerston Property - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-20
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Whitney

Latitude: 48° 28' 58.29"    Longitude: -81° 9' 37.65"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 488142.73   Northing: 5369982.74    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1977-78, 1981: D. Meunier – mapping, ground geophysics. 1985: R. Allerston – stripping, trenching, geochemistry. 1987-88: Lithium Corp. of Canada Ltd. – channel sampling, grab sampling, mapping, ground geophysics, DD-19-3276 ft , IP survey. 2007: Golden Chalice Resources Inc. – airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1875/ 35 42A06NE0346 42A06NE0346
T-2729/ 57 42A06NE8442 42A06NE8442
T-2729/2.10501 42A06NE0115 42A06NE0115
T-2729/2.10309 42A06NE0113 42A06NE0113
T-2727 /W9006-60424 42A06NE0089 42A06NE0089
T-2727 / OM87-5C-97/ 63.5088 42A06NE0099 42A06NE0099
T-2727/ OM87-5C-268 / 63.5470 42A06NE0084 42A06NE0084
T-2729/ 2.11336 42A06NE0108 42A06NE0108
T-2729/2.12378 42A06NE0096 42A06NE0096
T-3019/2.8995 42A06SE0123 42A06SE0123
T-3019/ W8606-00020 42A11SE5077 42A11SE5077
T-3019/ W8606-00021 42A11SE5078 42A11SE5078
T-5748 / 2.38842 20000003164 20000003164
T-1875/ 42 42A06NE0036 42A06NE0036
T-3019/ W8606-00022 42A11SE5079 42A11SE5079

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Tuffaceous Adjacent
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Quartz-Sericite To Quartz Chlorite Host
Mafic Tuff 3 Tuff Adjacent
Granodiorite 4 Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1SilverEconomicGangue
2GalenaEconomicGangue
3SphaleriteEconomicGangue
4PyriteEconomicGangue
SericiteAlterationSericitization1UnknownDisseminated
ChloriteAlterationChloritic2UnknownReplacement

Mineralization Comments

Jan 13, 2015 (A Wilson) - The best assays from the 1987 channel sampling program assayed up to >1000 ppb Au ( 0.033 oz/t Au) and 28 ppm Ag. DDH LC-87-1 returned Zn values up to 1.3% Zn over 800 m, 1300 ppm Pb over 0.7 m and gold values up to 0.012 Au over 0.5 m. A 0.9 m section of core between 142.1 and 143.0 ft assayed 1.65% Zn.



Mineral Record Details

References

Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1988

Publication Number: MP142.012 Page: 250  Date: 1997

Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Draper D.M., Ireland J.C., Bradshaw M.P., Hamblin C.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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

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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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