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| Record Name(s) | Black River 64-3 - 1964, Black River Mining Ltd. 64-2 - 1964 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Feb-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Lead
Township or Area: Mahaffy
Latitude: 48° 47' 56.87" Longitude: -81° 33' 57.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 458440.002 Northing: 5405280.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A13SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1960 - Texas Gulf Sulphur: DD - 1 - 191ft, Assays (T-0442). 1964 - Black River Mining Limited: DD - 6 - 2237ft, Assays (T-0928), Black River Mining Limited: EM, Mag (T-0928). 1966 - Chance Mines Limited: EM, Mag (T-1327). 1972 - Caltor Syndicate: EM, Mag (T-0235). 1978 - Rosario Resources Ltd: DD - 6 - 3124ft, Assays (T-1841). 1980 - Rosario Resources Ltd.: EM, Mag (T-1841), Rosario resources Ltd.: EM, IP (T-1841). 1981 - Rosario Resources Ltd.: OVD - 23 - 2312ft (T-1841). 1988 - Falconbridge Limited: DD - 5 - 2628m (T-2844). 1988-1989 - Falconbridge limited: DD - 3 - 1104m (T-2844). 1991 - Falconbridge Limited: DD - 4 - 1329m (T-2844). 2005 - Falconbridge Limited: IP, Mag (T-5597).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1841 / 2.2711 | 42A13SE0380 | 42A13SE0380 |
| T-1841 / 2.4695 | 42A13SE0049 | 42A13SE0049 |
| T-1841 / 2.3929 | 42A13SE0072 | 42A13SE0072 |
| T-2844, 52 | 42A13SE0060 | 42A13SE0060 |
| T-5597 / 2.36372 | 20000002506 | 20000002506 |
| T-1327 / 63.1976 | 42A13SE0095 | 42A13SE0095 |
| T-928 / 63.1446 | 42A13SE0045 | 42A13SE0045 |
| T-235 / 2.890 | 42A13SE0541 | 42A13SE0541 |
| T-2884 / W9560-00546 | 42A03SE0023 | 42A03SE0023 |
| T-928 / 63.1446 | 42A13SE0095 | 42A13SE0095 |
| T-2884 / 2.15909 | 42A03SE0018 | 42A03SE0018 |
| T-928 / 17 | 42A13SE0379 | 42A13SE0379 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 2703+/-1Ma Geochron. Age Ref.: P3379, MP169
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sericitized | Host |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Adjacent | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Brecciated | Host |
Mar 01, 2011 (P Bousquet) - The holes encountered brecciated rhyolite beneath a graphitic slate. The anomalies are in the rhyolite (T-0928).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | Massive | |||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
| 6 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Medium |
Mar 01, 2011 (P Bousquet) - - Four sample taken from hole 64-2 from 360 to 373ft gave back assays ranging from 0.02 to 0.45% Cu. In hole 64-3 at 554.5ft, a sample of massive sulphides brought back an assay of 0.15% Cu, 0.5% Pb, 1.05% Zn and 0.54 oz/t Ag (T-0928).
File - Resident Geologist file T-442
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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.
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Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 1998
Publication Number: MP169 Page: 14-24 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Baker C.L., Ireland J.C., Kelly R.I., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Timmins data series, Mahaffy Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0740 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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