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Record: MDI42A06NW00179

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Placer Development DDH Del-82-3 - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Deloro

Latitude: 48° 26' 10.43"    Longitude: -81° 19' 27.29"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 476017.313   Northing: 5364838.025    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Collar of Placer Development diamond drill hole DEL-82-3

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Access is via a bush trail that leads from Pine Street South east to the subdivision of Delnite.



Exploration History

Placer Development drilled DEL-82-3 in April 1982.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2382, 23 42A06NW0133 42A06NW0133

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - DEL-82-3 intersected intercalated pillowed amydaloidal magnesium tholeiite flows and graphitic tuff. At 266.2 to 266.5 M the hole cut a quartz-carbonate vein containing minor sphalerite, graphite and pyrite.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic pillowed flow 1 Magnesium Tholeiite Pillowed Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz-Carb-Sulphide-Graphite Contains
Siltstone 3 Graphitic Tuff Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The interval from 265.5 m to 266.5 m assayed 150 ppb Au, 0.2 ppm Ag, 131 ppm Cu, 5800 ppm Zn and 15 ppm As.



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