Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A11SE00129
| Record Name(s) | Rosario - MHO-33 - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-May-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Arsenic
Township or Area: Murphy
Latitude: 48° 34' .04" Longitude: -81° 12' 28.18"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 484667.476 Northing: 5379308.187 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Point plotted on OBM topo map from information in assessement file.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Bush trails east from Hwy 655, south of Bigwater Lake.
Hole MHO-33 is a Reverse Circulation hole that was drilled on the north boundary of Lot 1, Conc 2, Murphy Twp. The hole encountered a number of strongly anomalour gold, arsenic, and copper values in gravely to clayey tills, immediately above the bedrock interface, suggesting a close source. Gold values of 980 ppb, 12000 ppb, and 1800 ppb were encountered. Arsenic values of 180 ppm, 560 ppm, and 1020 ppm, and coper values to 1120 ppm were also encountered.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.4434, T-1928 | 42A11SE0068 | 42A11SE0068 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Jan 06, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH MHO-33 returned 0.98 ppm Au, 190 ppm As, 1120 ppm Cu, and 850 ppm Zn over 10 feet from 45 feet depth from fine gravelly till; 120 ppm Au and 560 ppm As over 5 feet at 55 feet depth from gravelly clayey till; and 18 ppm Au, 1020 ppm As over 10 feet at 60 feet depth from bright orange mud (Assessment report 42A11SE0068).
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