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Record: MDI42A10NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Noranda Exploration Property - 1980, Walker 1-80 - 1980, DDH W-81-3b - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Walker

Latitude: 48° 38' 28.72"    Longitude: -80° 37' 3.95"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 528157.86   Northing: 5387653.68    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A10NE

Point Location Description: DDH W-81-3B

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1981: Noranda Exploration Ltd. – VLF-EM survey; DD-1-388 ft.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Rhyolite Tuff, Porphyritic Hanging Wall
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite To Dacite Tuffaceous Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
7SilverEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2CarbonateEconomicGangue
3ChloriteEconomicGangue
4PyriteEconomicGangue
5SericiteEconomicGangue
6SilicaEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Apr 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - A 1.5 ft. width of the fault zone returned 0.02 oz./t Ag; and a 1 ft width of dacite assayed 0.03 oz./t Ag and 0.005 oz/t Au. A 1.4 ft intercept of pillowed dacite returned an assay of 0.021 oz/.t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Resident Geologist drillcore holdings DCL-KL-557

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP


Map - Precambrian Geology of Clergue and Walker Townships Area

Publication Number: P3616 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2010

Author: Dinel E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Central Abitibi Greenstone Belt: Kapuskasing Structural Zone to the Quebec Border

Publication Number: P3565 Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 2005

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Hall L.A.F., Houlé M.G., Johns G.W., Josey S.D., Madon Z.B., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F., Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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