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Record: MDI42A11NE00060

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Salo DH E-1-97 - 1997, Salo-Ice Chest Property - 1997
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Apr-21
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Evelyn

Latitude: 48° 37' 29.5"    Longitude: -81° 1' 28.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 498185.002   Northing: 5385755.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11NE

Point Location Description: Collar of diamond drill hole E-1-97

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Take Highway 101 E from Timmins to Highway 610. Proceed north on 610 to the Ice Chest Lake Road. The drill collar is located about 1 km west of the Ice Chest Lake Road about 5 km north of the intersection with Highway 610.



Exploration History

1982-83 - St. Joe Canada Inc.: Ground geophysics (T-2510) 1988, 1990, 1996 - A.J. Salo: Airborne geophysics; geology; drilling to N of occ. (T-3108) 1997 - Arvo Salo completed E-1-97 to a depth of 524.5 ft. The hole was drilled at -55 degrees az. 180. (T-4764) 2004 - Porcupine Joint Venture drilled hole MT04-31 (bearing az. 180) approximately 150m NNW of Salo hole. (T-5095)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2510 / 2.5029 42A11NE0543 42A11NE0543
T-2510 / 2.5347 42A11NE0541 42A11NE0541
T-2510 / 2.5406 42A11NE0599 42A11NE0599
T-2510 / 2.5591 42A11NE0797 42A11NE0797
T-3108 / 2.10908 42A11NE8828 42A11NE8828
T-3108 / 2.13427 42A11NE0401 42A11NE0401
T-5095 / 2.29312 42A10NW2017 42A10NW2017
T-4764 / 2.23972 42A11NE2013 42A11NE2013
T-3108 / W9660.00542 42A11NE0088 42A11NE0088
T-3108 / 2.17926 42A11NE0096 42A11NE0096

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Feb 13, 2008 (G Seim) - The geology of the area consists of mafic metavolcanics in fault contact with Hoyle metasediments to the south. The fault is interpreted to be the western extension of the Pipestone Fault.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Near
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Host
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Feb 13, 2008 (G Seim) - Hole E-1-97 intersected a sheared alteration zone from 150.02 to 151.36 m. (1.34 m) The zone contained 10% to 15% quartz veining with 1% pyrite in the sericitized wallrock. The alteration zone cuts greywacke.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - AE-1-97 Intersections 91.22 m to 91.83 m (0.61 m) assayed 15.0 g/t Au 150.02 to 151.36 m (1.34 m) assayed 39 g/t Au.


Feb 13, 2008 (D Draper) - MT04-31 returned 2.864 g/t Au over 0.5m @ 229.9m in greywacke.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology of Matheson and Evelyn Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P3271 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1994

Author: Berger B.R.

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MonoMap - Geology of Matheson and Evelyn Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5900 Date: 1994

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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