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Record: MDI42A07SW00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Royal Oak DDH TT95-3 - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-May-28
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-30
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Timmins

Latitude: 48° 17' 57.25"    Longitude: -80° 45' 24.17"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 518042.885   Northing: 5349588.538    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A07SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 1400E/925E on Royal Oak grid on claim 1193700

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is located about 50 km SE of Timmins and is accesed via the Gibson Lake Road by driving 30 km south from highway 101.



Exploration History

1998: International Canalaska Resources and East West Resource Corporation - airborne geophysics. 1996-97: Royal Oak Mines Inc. - 8 ddh (2295 m), geochemistry, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3776, 2.17922 42A07SW0044 42A07SW0044
T-4063, 2.18733 42A07SE2003 42A07SE2003
2.16671, T-3776 42A07SE0007 42A07SE0007
T-3776, W9660-00374 42A07SE0008 42A07SE0008
2.17063, T-3776 42A07SW0011 42A07SW0011
T-3776, W9660.00843 42A07SE0009 42A07SE0009

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 Host
Claystone 2 Argillite Near
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned from diamond drilling by Royal Oak was 0.035 oz/t Au over 0.6 m in a quartz vein.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Langmuir-Sheraton area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49H Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Precambrian Geology of the Watabeag Lake Area

Publication Number: OFR6042 Date: 2001

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Watabeag area, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM31D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1998

Author: Wright D.G.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Watabeag Lake Area

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

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Matheson-Black sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0119 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M., Savage W.S., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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