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Record: MDI42A06SE00088

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Galata Property - 1964, Galata-Walcan Property - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Jul-10
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Eldorado

Latitude: 48° 19' 10.61"    Longitude: -81° 4' 45.66"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 494117.469   Northing: 5351828.145    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SE

Point Location Description: Outcrop area on former claim P67333

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1964-67: E. Galata - trenching, sampling, ground geophysics, mapping, 2 ddh (1000 ft) 1994-96: Outokumpu Mines ltd. - diamond drilling, ground geophysics. 2003: Liberty Mineral Exploration Ltd. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4953, 2.27329 42A06SE2018 42A06SE2018
T-3657, 2.15682 42A06SE0012 42A06SE0012
T-1387, 63.2718 42A07SW0071 42A07SW0071
30, T-1387 42A06SE1853 42A06SE1853
2.16074, T-3657 42A06SE0017 42A06SE0017
T-3657, W9660-00063 42A06SE0040 42A06SE0040

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff 1 Tuff Host
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2 Near
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of pits and trenches within a narrow sulphide iron formation band within tuffaceous intermediate metavolcanic rocks. Serpentinized ultramafic rocks outcrop approximately 200 ft north of the exposure.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1MagnetiteEconomicGangue
2MolybdeniteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. in 1964 from a pit on the property returned assay of 0.34% Cu over 2 ft., 0.16% Cu over 3 ft, 0.18% Cu and trace Ni over 2 ft, 0.07% Cu over 2 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Eldorado Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0572 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Adams and Eldorado townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R121 Page: 32  Date: 1975

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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

Publication Number: P2114 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

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

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.

Publisher Name:

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Map - Adams and Eldorado townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2274 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1974

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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