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| Record Name(s) | VA6-1-71 - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-Apr-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Wark
Latitude: 48° 38' 32.74" Longitude: -81° 15' 8.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 481417.285 Northing: 5387738.107 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11NW
Point Location Description: Collar of Holling Mines Ltd. ddh VA6-1-71
Location Method: Other
Access Description: Unknown.
1971- Hollinger Mines Ltd. drilled several diamond drill holes in Wark Tp. on ground optioned from Victoria Algoma Mineral Company Ltd. VA6-1-71 was drilled on block 6 at -50 degrees, Az. 225 degrees.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - VA6-1-71 encountered overburden to 76.8 ft., and interbedded arkose, greywacke, and slate to a depth of 690.5 ft. and serpentinized mafic to ultramafic rock to the end of the hole at 785 ft. Sphalerite mineralization was noted in a rock described as greywacke cut be quartz carbonate veins. Pyrite and pyrrhotite are also noted in the drill log.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Arkose, Greywacke, Slate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - A 1 ft. interval returned an assay of 5040 ppm Zn over 1 ft. (485 ft. - 486 ft.) within a 19.3 ft. (475.7 ft. - 495.0 ft.) interval of quartz-carbonate vein altered greywacke that averaged 405 ppm Cu and 2206 ppm Zn.
File - Resident Geologist file T-2702
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Precambrian Geology, Murphy and Wark Townships
Publication Number: P3305 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1994
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Murphy and Wark Townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5994 Page: 44 Date: 1999
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Core - Donated diamond drill core
Publication Number: TI2282 Date: 1971
Author: Timmins DCL
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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