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| Record Name(s) | Nahanni DDH ST-81-3 - 1981, Bird Occurrence - 1949, S.J. Bird Property - 1949, Bazinet Option - 1949, Bird and Bourke Property - 1939 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Stock
Latitude: 48° 36' 46.86" Longitude: -80° 46' 4.81"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 517100 Northing: 5384464 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for ST-81-3 on former claim P521336
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible by driving north from highway 101 at Shillington along highway 577. A gravel road travels NW to west off of highway 577 just before the bridge crossing the Driftwood River and provides good access to the property.
1949-50: S.J. Bird : DD-3-3629 ft. 1974: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1980: Surveymin Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1981-91: Nahanni Mines Ltd. - DD-3-3629 ft, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2325/2.3569 | 42A10SW0127 | 42A10SW0127 |
| T-3419/2.13891 | 42A10SE0050 | 42A10SE0050 |
| T-3419, 63.6068 | 42A10SE8809 | 42A10SE8809 |
| T-2325/17 | 42A10SW0128 | 42A10SW0128 |
| T-1630/2.1562 | 42A10SE0084 | 42A10SE0084 |
| T-3419, 2.13955 | 42A10SE0052 | 42A10SE0052 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Porcupine
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Nov 30, 2015 (C Salo) - Geological mapping indicates that sparsely exposed bedrock in the occurrence area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) turbiditic sediments and intercalated volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Porcupine Group (to the south) and volcanic rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group (to the north). Bedrock stratigraphy is east striking and steeply dipping. A regional scale fault zone, the Pipestone Fault Zone, is closely associated with the Porcupine/Stoughton-Roquemaure Group contact in the northern Stock Township area. A recent geophysical survey detected several anomalous bedrock conductors in the area.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz Carbonate | Host | |
| Serpentinite | 4 | Serpentinized | Footwall | |
| Sandstone | 5 | Greywacke | Adjacent |
Nov 30, 2015 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values are associated with sulphide minerals within quartz-carbonate veins systems hosted by variably silicified, carbonatized and graphitic sediments, tuffs and variably serpentinized ultramafic rocks associated with the Pipestone Fault.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 30, 2015 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling by S. J. Bird returned assays of 0.13 oz./t Au over 4 ft.; 0.18 oz./t Au over 5 ft. and 0.24 oz./t Au over 3.2 ft. Diamond drill hole No. 4 yielded auriferous arsenopyrite-pyrite mineralization within clastic metasdiments. Diamond drill hole ST-81-1 returned assays up to 1825 ppb Au.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Diamond drilling by S.J. Bird in 1949 and, more recently, by Nahanni Mines in 1981 encountered anomalous (greater than 0.01 ounce of gold per ton) gold tenors associated with pyrite, (locally 'bedded') arsenopyrite, and pyrite-arsenopyrite associated with quartz-carbonate vein systems hosted by variably silicified, carbonatized, and graphitic sediments, tuffs, and variably serpentinized ultramafic rocks which are spatially associated with the Pipestone Fault Zone (assessment files). The gold mineralization encountered is similar to that delineated by Clavos Porcupine Mines Ltd./Canamax Resources Inc./Bruneau Mining Corp. at the Clavos deposit, located within the Pipestone Fault Zone about 2.8 km west of the Bird occurrence.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0150, T-0314
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geology of Stock Township
Publication Number: P3347 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1995
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1141-1142 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Stock Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF403 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
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:
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: 240 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
Article - 1981 report of the Timmins Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP101.005 Page: 89 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Iroquois Falls-Lake Abitibi sheet, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0140 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Savage W.S., Thomson R., Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Stock Township
Publication Number: P0038 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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