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Record: MDI42A10NW00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ebony DDH EM-88-2 - 1988, Ebony Mines North Grid - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dundonald

Latitude: 48° 42' 32.03"    Longitude: -80° 52' 24.54"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 509307.64   Northing: 5395103.7    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A10NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at L7W/2+80S on Ebony grid, former claim P755608

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is located approximately 6.5 km west of Porquis Junction and approximately 15.5 km SW of Iroquois Falls. It can be accessed via a gravel road which runs along a portion of the Dundonald-McCart township boundary and then via a series of bush roads and trails.



Exploration History

1982: Cominco Ltd. – ground geophysics. 1985-86: Angela Developments - airborne geophysics. 1988-89: Ebony Gold Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, 2 ddh (1552.5ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2576 / 2.5303 42A10NW0579 42A10NW0579
T-3255 / 2.12239 42A10NW0561 42A10NW0561
T-3255 / 2.12256 42A10NW0001 42A10NW0001
T-2744 / 2.9590 42A15SW8860 42A15SW8860
T-3255 / 2.12325 42A10NW0560 42A10NW0560

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2714 +/- 3 Ma   Geochron. Age Ref.: MP169 P. 75



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Pillowed, Massive Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of silicified pillowed basalt and altered massive flows.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 15, 2018 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 2.05 g/t Au (2050 ppb) over 0.34 m in a quartz-carbonate vein (TI3420).



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Location:


Core - Resident Geologist, Core Library

Publication Number: TI3420 Date: 1989

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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:


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

Publication Number: MP162.006 Page: 26-29  Date: 1993

Author: Muir T.L.

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:


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

Location:


Map - Geology of Dundonald Township

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

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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