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Record: MDI42A14NE00049

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cromarty Exploration DDH C7-2 - 1965, Wallingford Option - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Sep-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-16
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Duff

Latitude: 48° 52' 48.95"    Longitude: -81° 8' 9.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 490033.225   Northing: 5414154.219    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P-58718

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from highway 11 along a series of bush roads.



Exploration History

1964-65: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. and Cromarty Exploration Company Limited - ground geophysics, 2 ddh (693 ft). 1977: Shell Canada Resources Limited - ground geophysics. 1996: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (152 m), geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1905, 2.2574 42A14SE0080 42A14SE0080
T-3740, 2.17658 42A15NW0028 42A15NW0028
T-957, 20 42A14SE0189 42A14SE0189
63.1600, T-0957 42A14SE0093 42A14SE0093
2.16648, T-3740 42A14NE0097 42A14NE0097
T-3740, W9660-00318 42A14NE0093 42A14NE0093

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Hanging Wall
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Dacite Footwall
Mudstone 3 Graphitic Argillite Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated Cu values were returned from schistose, graphitic argillites that are interbedded with carbonatized andesites and dacites.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.25% Cu over 4 ft from the drill hole. The best Au value returned 0.005 oz/t Au over 3 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: P0728-REV Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Carey E.R., Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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: 42A-343  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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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