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| Record Name(s) | Asarco Exploration DDH DRB-2 - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Robb
Latitude: 48° 32' 51.39" Longitude: -81° 42' 41.38"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 447490.001 Northing: 5377411.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12SE
Point Location Description: drill collar on sketch in T-2958
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1986: Asarco Exploration Company - DD-2 (520 m), OVD-10 (631 ft), mapping, ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2958 | 42A12SE0919 | 42A12SE0919 |
| T-2958 | 42A12SE0244 | 42A12SE0244 |
| T-2958 | 42A12SE0245 | 42A12SE0245 |
| T-2958 / W8606.00383 | 42A12SE0239 | 42A12SE0239 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Aug 19, 2008 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex. The Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex overlies and is intruded by the Kamiskotia Gabbroic Complex. The KVC has been dated at 2701± 1.4 to 2698± 1.3 Ma.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Sheared | Host |
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Aug 19, 2008 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of mafic to intermediate intrusives. A mafic porphyritic intrusion was intersected at 101 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 1 | Medium |
Aug 19, 2008 (A Wilson) - A 1.3 m section of drill core returned an assay of 0.013 oz/t gold. The elevated gold values are associated with a sequence of sheared and carbonate altered gabbro.
Map - Robb and Jamieson townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2255 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1973
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Magnetic survey of Robb and Jamieson townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GPR01 Date: 1998
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Robb, Jamieson, Loveland, Macdiarmid and Thorburn Townships
Publication Number: P3556 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative
Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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