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Record: MDI42A14SE00054

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Geophysical Engineering DDH PP4-7 - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Oct-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Duff

Latitude: 48° 51' 24.7"    Longitude: -81° 6' 16.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 492338.166   Northing: 5411549.164    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SE

Point Location Description: Drill hole on former claim P.443492

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the SW quadrant of Duff Twp is difficult. The easiest approach is from the south where bush trails lead northwards from the end of the gravel road which ends at the Texmont Deposit.



Exploration History

1977: Geophysical Engineering Limited - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (368 ft). 1995-96: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (188 m), soil geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3740, 2.17658 42A15NW0028 42A15NW0028
T-1787, 23 42A14SE0194 42A14SE0194
T-3739, 2.16036 42A14SE0018 42A14SE0018

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Graphitic Shale Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Tuff Hanging Wall
Ultramafic Schist 3 Talc-Sericite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of tuffaceous sediments, graphitic shales, sericitic talc-schist and mafic-ultramafic intrusives.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays returned 0.02% Cu over 6.5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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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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