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Record: MDI42A11NW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rosario C80-2 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Carnegie

Latitude: 48° 44' 25.3"    Longitude: -81° 21' 59.01"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 473062.156   Northing: 5398658.295    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11NW

Point Location Description: Collar of Rosario Resources Canada Ltd. diamond drill hole C80-2.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Unknown.



Exploration History

Rosario Resources Canada Ltd. completed diamond drill hole C80-2 in 1908. The drill hole was drilled due south (180 degrees) at - 50 degrees.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2317 / 28 42A11NW0017 42A11NW0017

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - C80-2 encountered 257 ft. overburden; 257 to 362 ft. Basalt flow and breccia; 362 - 378 ft. Graphitic tuff,; 378 - 387 ft. Basalt Breccia; 387 - 402 ft. Greywacke/tuff; 402 - 403 ft. Basalt tuff or coarse greywacke; 428 - 436 ft. Basalt Tuff 436 - 444 ft. Tuff; 444 - 474.8 Greywacke; 474.8 - 486 ft. Argillite; 486 - 528 ft. Graphitic Tuff with 5 % pytite nodules; 528 - 530.5 ft. Basalt Breccia; 530.5 - 546 ft. Graphite 5 to 15% py; 546 - 617 Basalt Breccia - 3-4% Py; 617 - 620 ft. Graphite; 620 - 630 ft. Basalt Tuff; 630 - 642 ft. Greywacke; 642 - 676.5 ft. Argillite; 676.5 - 678.5 ft. Basalt; 678.5 0 688 ft. Siliceous Greywacke or tuff; 688 - 696 ft. Basalt tuff; 696 - 700 ft. Siliceous Greywakce tuff; 700 ft. EOH.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Flows, Tuff And Breccia Adjacent
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Graphite Tuff Host
Claystone 3 Argillite Near
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 4 Greywacke Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The interval from 520 to 524 ft. assayed 7280 ppm Zn and 760 ppm Cu The interval from 524 to 528 ft. assayed 4400 ppm Zn and 580 ppm Cu The interval from 532 to 538 ft. assayed 5460 ppm Zn and 1320 ppm Cu.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - 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-290  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Book - TI3223

Publication Number: TIM DCL Date: 1980

Author: Timmins Core Library

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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