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| Record Name(s) | Norhoy - Hoyle1 (DDH #6) - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-May-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hoyle
Latitude: 48° 34' 34.6" Longitude: -81° 5' 24.68"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 493347.506 Northing: 5380358.42 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Point located on 20,000 topographic map as per detailed map included in assessment file T-3588.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Occurrence (outcrop) is presently located beneath the Kidd Creek tailings pond.
Prospecting, hand stripping, sampling, and diamond drilling by Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, Limited in 1938.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Porcupine
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Graphitic slate | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - Rock descriptions taken from 1938 vintage diamond drill logs.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - Best assays are from hole DDH#6 which returned 1.37 oz/ton Au / 0.5 ft, a weighted average grade of 0.37 oz/ton Au / 16 ft, and a number of individual assays in the 0.02 - 0.08 oz/ton range further down hole. Holes DDH#7 and DDH#8 were flanking holes to either side of DDH#6. Hole DDH#7 intersected 0.48 oz/ton Au / 1.0 ft. Hole DDH#8, while reported to have intersected 20 feet that ..was fairly well mineralized and contained quartz stringers.. returned no significant assays.
File - Resident Geologist file T-3588
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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