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Record: MDI42A06SW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dwyer-Mousseau Copper - 1957, Samim Canada DDH P-83-1 - 1983, Claim 39859 - 1960
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Oct-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Lead



Location

Township or Area: Price

Latitude: 48° 17' 15.54"    Longitude: -81° 24' 51.4"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 469269.004   Northing: 5348355.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SW

Point Location Description: Grab samples collected from NW corner of former claim P.39855

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a 6 km bush road heading south from the Wawaitin Falls Road.



Exploration History

1956: Dwyer and Mousseau/ Consolidated Tungsten Mining - 1 ddh (916 ft). 1960: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - property visit, sampling. 1964: O'Leary Malarctic Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1981: Argentex Resources Exploration Corp Ltd. - ground geophysics 1983: Samim Canada Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, diamond drilling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2431 / 2.4709 42A06SW0069 42A06SW0069
T-2609 / 16 42A06SW0070 42A06SW0070
T-2609 / 2.5718 42A06SW0066 42A06SW0066
T-2431 / 63.4000 42A06SW0067 42A06SW0067
T-612 42A06SW0074 42A06SW0074
T-781 / 63.1301 42A06SW0083 42A06SW0083

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate flow breccia 1 Andesite Brecciated Host
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Apr 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - A quartz becciated zone in andesite averaged 1 to 2.5 feet in width and was exposed for 25 ft.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - An average value from 3 chip samples collected by Hollinger in 1960 returned 3.86% Cu. A 1 ft grab sample assayed nil Au and 6.10% Cu over 1 ft. DDH P-83-1, drilled by Samim Canada Ltd. intersected a 1.83 m section of core that assayed 11,200 ppm Pb, 19,800 ppm Zn, 58 ppm Cu, 32 ppm Co and 19 ppb Au in iron formation.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

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

Author: Pyke D.R.

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: 154  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Price Township

Publication Number: P0030 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Northern Miner 82-02-25, Argentex, p. 5

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1982

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location: Timmins RGP


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:


Part - Geology of the Keefer-Eldorado area

Publication Number: ARV47-04 Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 476  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R219 Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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