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Record: MDI42A14NE00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Deepex Joint Venture DDH 74-1 - 1974, Falconbridge DDH HAN 11-01 - 1996
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Hanna

Latitude: 48° 53' 48.26"    Longitude: -81° 4' 13.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 494833.26   Northing: 5415979.22    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at L20S/8+50 W on former claim P362950

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by air or by overgrown tractor road on the west side of the Fredrickhouse River.



Exploration History

1965: Baska Uranium Mines Ltd. - 4 ddh (1704 ft). 1975: Brascan Resources Limited - airborne geophysics. 1977: Shell Canada Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1973-74: D. Derry et al. - 1 ddh (702 ft), ground geophysics. 1996: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (175 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3740 / 2.16642 42A14NE0096 42A14NE0096
2.9101 42A15NW0010 42A15NW0010
T-0976/ 11 42A14NE0081 42A14NE0081
T-3740/ W9660.00317 42A14NE0092 42A14NE0092
T-1907/ 2.2576 42A15SW0012 42A15SW0012
T-1577, 17 42A14NE0077 42A14NE0077
T-1577, 42A15NW8627 20000005037 20000005037

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2705+/-3 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: MP169 p. 75



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate Tuff-Breccia 1 Dacite Tuff, Breccia, Flow Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz-Calcite Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 28, 2015 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of interbedded graphitic and dacitic tuffs and breccias and medium grained flows. The units contain narrow bands of disseminated sulphides and are cross-cut by narrow quartz-calcite veins.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 28, 2015 (A Wilson) - The assays from drill core returned the following values: Cu 0.021 to 0.094%, Zn 0.05-0.06%, Au 0.005 - 0.01 oz/t and Ag 0.1-0.17 oz/t. All samples were collected between 350 and 359 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Timmins data series, Hanna Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2307 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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:

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Map - Geological Compilation: Brower, Duff, Fournier, Hanna, Lamarche, Little, Mann, McCart, Newmarket, Reaume, St. John and Tully Townships

Publication Number: P3391 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Hanna-Coulson sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0132 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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