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Record: MDI42A07NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Demarchi Trench 8 - 1994, Demarchi-Kaltwasser Zone A - 1994, Nw Stockwork - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-May-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Sheraton

Latitude: 48° 22' 23.3"    Longitude: -80° 41' 51.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 522397.898   Northing: 5357818.626    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A07NW

Point Location Description: Trenches on former claim P.1175439

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is reached by the Gibson Lake Road, south from highway 101. Drive south along the Gibson Lake road to the Lipsette Lake road (19 km). Drive east along the Lipsette Lake road for 2 km to Lipsette Lake and then continue north for 3 km.



Exploration History

1994-95: Demarchi and Kaltwasser: ground geophysics, prospecting, stripping, trenching, geochemical survey. 1995: Haddington Resources Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, geochemical survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3805, 2.16774 42A07NE0020 42A07NE0020
T-3488, 63.5742 42A07NE0204 42A07NE0204
2.15867, T-3488 42A07SE0003 42A07SE0003
2.15515, T-3488 42A07SE0002 42A07SE0002
2.18227, T-3805 42A07NE2003 42A07NE2003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Stockwork Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Feldspar Porphyry 3 Feldspar Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A series of narrow quartz veins and quartz stockworks are found within variolitic flows and medium to coarse grained metavolcanics. The quartz stockwork is located to the west of trench 8 and is hosted at the margin of ta coarse feldspar porpphyry dike.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Demarchi in 1994 returned an assay of 3556 ppb Au. A second grab sample returned an assay of 20,7000 ppm Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular 40 20

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Watabeag Lake Area

Publication Number: P3421 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Precambrian Geology of the Watabeag Lake Area

Publication Number: OFR6042 Date: 2001

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Sheraton Township

Publication Number: P3387 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1999

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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:


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