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| Record Name(s) | Grindstone Creek Showing - 1997, Currie-Bowman Option - 1997 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2003-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Currie
Latitude: 48° 29' 18.56" Longitude: -80° 38' 18.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 526704 Northing: 5370659 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A07NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole DDH CUR33-02
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The drill hole is located approximately 13 km west of Matheson along Hwy 101, south about 5.5 km on the concession road and about 425 m east of the road.
1995-1997: Falconbridge Limited: HLEM, enzyme leach survey, DD-5-450 m. 1998-2002: Echo Bay Mines Ltd.: optioned the property from Falconbridge and completed an IP survey; DD-14-4513m, assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KL-5064/2.3451 | 42A07NE2018 | 42A07NE2018 |
| 2.16198 | 42A07NE0014 | 42A07NE0014 |
| KL-4823/2.20423 | 42A07NE2015 | 42A07NE2015 |
| KL-4065/2.17126 | 42A10SE0011 | 42A10SE0011 |
| KL-4065/2.17125 | 42A07NE0024 | 42A07NE0024 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 08, 2015 (D Guidon) - The area is underlain by rocks that are part of the Western Abitibi Subprovince, part of the Archean aged Superior Province. The zinc occurrence is with an east- to northeast-trending package of volcanic rocks. Jackson and Fyon defined the package as the Bowman assemblage but Ayer et al. redefined it as the Tisdale assemblage. The assemblage is composed of lsic-intermediate to mafic metavolcanic rocks, which are bounded to the north by the Porcupine Assemblage.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Pyritic, Felsic | Sheared | Host |
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| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Sheared | Adjacent |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Dacite | Sheared | Host |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Feldspar Porphyry | Intrudes |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Strongly sheared and variably altered and sulphidized, feldspar porphyry. Contains abundant pyrite ranging from 3-10% as disseminations, bands, blebs and semi-massive zones.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 1 m section of core from DDH CUR32-2 returned 0.31% Zn, 3.5 g/t Au, 14.3 g/t Ag over 2.25 m (including 5.3 g/t Au and 13.4 g/t Ag over 1 m). A second intersection from the same drill hole returned 0.48% Zn and 22.9 g Ag over 2.1 m. DDH CUR33-4 intersected 0.85% Zn, 0.62 g/t Au and 28.2 g/t Ag over 2 m. Hole Cur33-03 intersected 7980 ppm Zn between 254.25 and 255.73 m down hole. Echo Bay Mines drilled three holes testing the Grindstone Creek Showing, where drilling in 1999 intersected 2.08 gpt Au,19 gpt Ag, and 0.5% Zn over 18.9 meters in hole CB-04. Significant gold mineralization was intersected in hole CB-07, which returned 3.95 gpt Au, 132 gpt Ag and 3% Zn over 2.1m (HW zone) and 2.6 gpt Au, 8.2 gpt Ag and 0.19% Zn over 5.05m (FW zone). Anomalous silver and zinc values were intersected in holes CB-06 and CB-08, which returned up to 0.39 gpt Au, 14.4 gpt Ag and 0.2% Zn over 7.0 meters and 0.13 gpt Au, 23.4 gpt Ag and 0.1% Zn over 9.25 meters respectively.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Article - The western Abitibi subprovince in Ontario
Publication Number: SV04-01.011 Page: 405-482 Date: 1997
Author: Jackson S.L., Fyon J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Journal - Evolution of the Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt... Precambrian Research vol. 115
Publication Number: PCR 115 Page: 63-95 Date: 2002
Author: Ayer, J., Amelin, Y., Corfu, F., Kamo, S., Ketchum, J., Kwok, K. and Trowell, N.
Publisher Name: Precambrian Research
Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
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
Location:
Map - Currie and Bowman townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2071 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Kirkland Lake data series, Currie Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0856 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1973
Author: Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Currie and Bowman townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R040 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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