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Record: MDI42A14NE00059

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shell Canada DDH 7602-78-2 - 1978, Shell Anomaly A, Grid 15 East - 1977
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: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Reaume

Latitude: 48° 56' 28.95"    Longitude: -81° 8' 54.96"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 489118.326   Northing: 5420949.304    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 15E L8W/1+25S on former claim P.492424

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The property is located approximately 50 km north of Timmins and 15 km southwest of Cochrane. It can be accessed by travelling south from highway 11 on the Dunn Lake Road. A logging road which turns off the Dunn Lake Road runs along the south edge of the survey area.



Exploration History

1977-78: Shell Canada Resources Limited - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (96 m). 1987: Imperial Platinum Corp. - mapping, ground geophysics.


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-2955, 2.10144 42A14NE0008 42A14NE0008

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 Adjacent
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Arkose Hanging Wall
Claystone 3 Argillite Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of interbedded arkose and graphitic argillites interbedded with massive to weakly foliated intermediate metavolcanics. Narrow quartz-carbonate veinlets are found in the graphitic argillites. Pyrite is common throughout all units. The pyrite content of some of the argillite bands is up to 15%.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay ran 0.04% Cu over 1.53 m and the best ZN assay ran 0.41% Zn over 0.31 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - FILE TI-0194, TIMMINS DCL

Publication Number: core lib Date: 1999

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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

Publication Number: P0767-REV Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Reaume Township

Publication Number: P0013 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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 - 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:


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