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Record: MDI42A07NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Backhoe Till Sample 84-55-B - 1986
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

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

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:



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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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