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Record: MDI42A10NW00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hollinger DDH D-24 - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-21
Date Last Modified 2022-May-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dundonald

Latitude: 48° 40' .4"    Longitude: -80° 54' 7.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 507217.62   Northing: 5390418.67    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A10NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar located at XL12N and 9+40E on old Hollinger grid; former claim L75882

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving west from Fielding along a series of side roads.



Exploration History

1963-69: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - 1 ddh (521 ft), ground geophysics, mapping. 1985-86: Angela Developments - airborne geophysics. 1990: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-720 / 63.1228 42A10NW0604 42A10NW0604
T-2744 / 2.9590 42A15SW8860 42A15SW8860
T-720 / donation donation donation
T-2744 / 2.9098 42A10NW0597 42A10NW0597
T-3371 / 2.13339 42A10NW0556 42A10NW0556

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Contains
Gabbro 2 Gabbro Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted within a sheared and serpentinized ultramafic. The ultramafic is overlain by a coarse grained gabbro locally cut by white quartz-carbonate veins occasionally carrying pyrrhotite.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best intersection returned 0.21% Ni and 0.52% Cu over 1 ft in serpentinized ultramafic rock. The best gold value returned 0.06 oz/t Au in calcite stringers within a gabbro.


Aug 13, 2018 (P Bousquet) - Some intervals show small amounts of Zn (~0.10% Zn).



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-233  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Timmins data series, Dundonald Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2029 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geology of Dundonald Township

Publication Number: P3345 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1995

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Core - Resident Geologist core library

Publication Number: Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

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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

Location:


Article - Geology of Dundonald and German Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP162.006 Date: 1993

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Dundonald Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0307 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D., Ginn R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Dundonald and German Townships

Publication Number: OFM0232 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1994

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation: Dundonald and Clergue Townships

Publication Number: P3394 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1999

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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