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Record: MDI42A10NE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Backhoe Till Sample 84-74-B - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-14
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-14
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By Sheree Hinz

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Chromium



Location

Township or Area: Walker

Latitude: 48° 38' 33.24"    Longitude: -80° 39' 34.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 525082.84   Northing: 5387778.68    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A10NE

Point Location Description: Smooth polished outcrops on the east bank of the Driftwood River

Location Method: Data Compilation





Lithology Comments

Apr 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - The sample is silty sand with frequent grits. It is poorly sorted and is highly oxidized to 1.3 m. The till is overlain by clay.There are approximately 15% clasts up to 5 cm in size.




Mineralization Comments

Apr 21, 2016 (A Wilson) - The sample contained 19,000 ppb Au, 19.0 ppm Zn,12.0 ppm Cu and 660 ppm Cr.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Rotasonic drilling operations (1984) and overburden heavy mineral studies, Matheson area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5569 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Averill S.A., MacNeill K.A., Huneault R.G., Baker C.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, backhoe till samples, Clergue, Walker and Wilkie townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: M80795 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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