Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Backhoe Till Sample 84-55-B - 1986 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1992-Mar-05 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | Q Unknown |
Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Currie
Latitude: 48° 29' 50.07" Longitude: -80° 33' 6.29"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 533115 Northing: 5371666 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A07NE
Point Location Description: Backhoe till sample pit 84-55-B.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description:
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Dec 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - Two abraded gold grains were recovered from till Sample 84-55-B. The sample contained 2400 ppb Au from the heavy mineral ‘H fraction’ of the sample. The sample was recovered from 0.6 m in a gritty, silty sand.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Disseminated |
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, backhoe till samples, Stock, Taylor, Carr, Currie, Bowman, and Sheraton townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80793 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Summary of results from the Black River-Matheson [BRIM] reconnaissance surface till sampling program
Publication Number: OFR5749 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: McClenaghan M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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