Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Noranda DDH STK 87-3 - 1987, Hopson Option - 1984, Pipestone Project - 1984 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Stock
Latitude: 48° 32' 38.8" Longitude: -80° 48' 39.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 513944 Northing: 5376796 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for STK 87-3 at 18+30S/39+70W on Norex grid
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible by driving east along highway 101 for 28 km from Porcupine. The property is located approximately 800 m north of the highway.
1983: Canamax Resources - airborne geophysics, mapping. 1979: Hollinger Mines Limited - ground magnetic survey. 1986-88: Noranda Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysics, humus survey, 3 ddh
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2840/2.7781 | 42A10SW0144 | 42A10SW0144 |
| T-3035/2.10160 | 42A10SW0143 | 42A10SW0143 |
| T-3035/OM87-5L-252/2.10012 | 42A10SE0064 | 42A10SE0064 |
| 2.3147 | 42A10SW0130 | 42A10SW0130 |
| T-2840/2.6838 | 42A10SE0071 | 42A10SE0071 |
| T-3035/63.5093 | 42A10SW0101 | 42A10SW0101 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 4 | Greywacke, Conglomerate | Near |
Nov 30, 2015 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of interbedded conglomerate and greywackes that are extensively altered to chlorite. The metasediments are intruded by a series of narrow quartz veins.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Fuchsite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Nov 30, 2015 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned a value of 1.808 oz./t Au over 0.5 m. (57.21 to 57.71 m).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Map - Geology of Stock Township
Publication Number: P3347 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1995
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
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
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
Map - Stock Township
Publication Number: P0038 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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