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Record: MDI42A11SE00128

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kinross - DDH 5200 - 1995, 350 Zone - 1995
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1999-May-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Hoyle

Latitude: 48° 33' 3.82"    Longitude: -81° 7' 15.01"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 491082.499   Northing: 5377558.388    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11SE

Point Location Description: Location from map supplied in Assessment File T-3767

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access via Florence Street, South Porcupine.



Exploration History

Diamond drill hole was drilled in 1995 to test the 350 Zone of the Hoyle Pond Mine. Please refer to OFR 5985 for a detailed description of the stratigraphy, structure, alteration, and mineralization of the Hoyle Pond mine.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3767, W9660-00076 42A11SE0066 42A11SE0066

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale

Geological Age: Neoarchean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - Please refer to OFR 5985 for a detailed description of the stratigraphy, alteration, structure, and mineralization at the Hoyle Pond mine. See also record number MDI42A11SE00002 for details.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Magnesian Basalt Host
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Claystone 3 Graphitic slate Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2CarbonateEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue
SericiteAlterationUnknown1MediumMassive

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - Diamond drill hole #5200 intersected a gold value of 4.13 g/t Au / 0.6m which was hosted by a sericitized mafic volcanic. The mineralized section contained 5% quartz-carbonate veinlets, and up to 10% pyrite. An additional intersection averaging 1.73 g/t Au / 1.9m was intersected slightly further up the hole, again in an interval of quartz veining and up to 10% pyrite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Special Project: Timmins Ore Deposit Descriptions

Publication Number: OFR5985 Date: 1999

Author: Pressacco R.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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