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Record: MDI42A14NE00071

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH HAN13-01 - 1996
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Aug-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Hanna

Latitude: 48° 53' 42.83"    Longitude: -81° 0' 24.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 499508.19   Northing: 5415809.16    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 3+25N/1+0W on Falconbridge grid on former claim P1204558

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a drill road that follows the concession line between concession 5 and 6 of Mann township.



Exploration History

1996: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (182 m). 1999: Queenston Mining Inc. – HLEM, Mag. 2005-06: Canadian Arrow Mines Limited – EM, Mag


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3740 /W9660.00316 42A14NE0091 42A14NE0091
T-4239 / 2.19614 42A15NW2003 42A15NW2003
T-5284 / 2.31496 20000001058 20000001058
T-3740/ 2.16640 42A15NW0021 42A15NW0021

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide Facies Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Footwall
Claystone 3 Argillite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a 30 m thick banded iron formation overlying a sequence of mafic metavolcanics interbedded with siliceous argillites. A narrow sequence of graphitic argillite was intersected at depth.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 1.5 m section of drill core returned 1188 ppb Au.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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 - 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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