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Record: MDI42A14NE00046

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cromarty DDH C5-2A - 1965, Queenston DDH CH-01 - 2000, Pickerel Creek - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Silver, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Hanna

Latitude: 48° 54' 45.01"    Longitude: -81° 0' 30.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 499383.3   Northing: 5417729.24    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill colar at line 68S/950E on former claim P77114

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Highway 11 passes within 0.5 mi of the northeast corner of the property, from which the eastern portion of the claims can be easily accessed. The Fredrick House River logging road extends west from Highway 11 south of the Mann-Hana tp boundary. A subsidiary logging road extends north from this point to the southwest part of the township.



Exploration History

1965: Cromarty Exploration Co. Ltd. - DD-7-3522 ft. 1977-78: Shell Canada Resources Ltd. - EM, Mag. 1989-91: Comstate Resources - mapping, mag, HLEM. 2000: Queenston Mining Inc. - DD-1-200m, assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1906 / 2.2575 42A14NE8651 42A14NE8651
T-3316/2.13767 42A15NW0002 42A15NW0002
T-4433/ 2.20441 42A14NE2004 42A14NE2004
T-1049 42A14NE0079 42A14NE0079
T-1906/ 2.2829 42A15NW0008 42A15NW0008
T-3316/ 2.12682 42A15NW0005 42A15NW0005

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Basalt Tuff Host
Vein 2 Contains
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Andesite Near
Feldspar Porphyry 4 Feldspar Near
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 5 Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of mafic, ultramafic and intermediate metavolcanics. The metavolcanics are medium-grained and often display alteration to serpentine. Narrow interbeds of argillite have also been observed.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 28, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 4 ft section of drill core from Cromarty DDH C5-2A returned 0.16% Cu and 0.04 oz/t Ag. A 0.3 ft long section of core from the same hole returned 0.52% Cu and 0.04 oz/t Ag over 0.3 ft. The Queenston drill hole intersected a 0.93 m section that returned 1020 ppm Zn, 127 ppm Cu and 35 ppb Au.



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

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:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 361  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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

Location:


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

Location:


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