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Record: MDI42A07NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Maple Minerals DDH Map-00-4 - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Dec-06
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Sheraton

Latitude: 48° 24' 7.29"    Longitude: -80° 48' 20.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 514387.8   Northing: 5361003.52    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A07NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at -1225.00N/10900.00E on claim p.1218058

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible from highway 101 E via the Gibson Lake road.



Exploration History

1997-2000: Maple Minerals Inc. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (77 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4119, 2.18926 42A07NW2012 42A07NW2012
T-4374, 2.20237 42A07NW2016 42A07NW2016

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Tuff Hanging Wall
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Silicified Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Anomalous gold values are found in a 14 m thick section of mafic metavolcanic tuffs that show alteration to quartz-carbonate and tourmaline. Elevated gold values are associated with molybdenum.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1TourmalineEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3MolybdeniteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

May 09, 2017 (A Wilson) - The best intersection returned 780 ppb Au over 1.5 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Sheraton Township

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

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 - 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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