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Record: MDI42A07NE00066

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hopson North - 1994
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2000-Nov-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Egan

Latitude: 48° 24' .42"    Longitude: -80° 39' 37.59"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 525132.924   Northing: 5360828.678    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A07NE

Point Location Description: Outcrop

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Road access is available to the west-central portion of Egan Township via a road from Shillington to the north. The bridge at the Little Driftwood River. The sample site is about 500 m east of the road about 2 km south of the washed out bridge.



Exploration History

1994: Prospector R. Hopson completed mag, VLF-EM and prospecting over the area. Best assay was 0.047 ounce Au per ton from quartz veins in andesite.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
GoldUnknown.047oz/t

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file KL-3793

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological series, Watabeag River area, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane

Publication Number: P1078 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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