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Record: MDI42A11NW00035

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge Carn12-04 - 1999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-May-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Carnegie

Latitude: 48° 43' 4.87"    Longitude: -81° 26' 21.89"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 467679.176   Northing: 5396203.192    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11NW

Point Location Description: Collar of Falconbridge drill hole Carn12-04

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Unknown.



Exploration History

1999 Falconbridge Ltd. drilled hole CARN12-04. The hole was drilled at - 50 degrees on Az. 180 degrees.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4343, 2.20126 42A11NW2013 42A11NW2013

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - 0 - 77 m Casing; 77.00 m to 148.3 m Mafic Volcanic, pillowed, trace to 2 % disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite, chlorite and carbonate alteration.; 148.3 m to 188.88 m Graphitic Argillite, locally up to 5% blebby and nodular pyrite; 188.00 m to 198.90 m Felsic Fragmental moderately and pervasively sericitized; 198.90 m to 275 m Pillowed Mafic Volcanic; 257 m EOH.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic pillowed flow 1 Pillowed Near
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Fragmental Near
Sandy Mudstone 3 Graphitic Argillite And Wacke Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The interval from 165.5 m to 177.5 m is anomalous in Zn, Cu, Ni, Ag and Au. The interval from 170.00 m to 171.5 m returned 6160 ppm Zn, 468 ppm Cu227 ppm Ni, 17 ppm Ag and 227 ppb Au.



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