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Record: MDI42A14SW00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Abitibi C-77-4 - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-11
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Carnegie

Latitude: 48° 47' 30.34"    Longitude: -81° 26' 5.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 468057.377   Northing: 5404398.404    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Collar of Rosario Resources DDH C-77-4

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Unknown.



Exploration History

1977 Roasario Resources drilled C-77-4 to follow up anomalous values in overburden drilling. 1984 Cheron drilled C-84-2 intersecting the same cherty exhalite about 1200 m to the south east. 1990 Rio Algom Exploration Inc. drilled JC-90-05 about 200 m to the north west and intersected the same cherty exhalite.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Near
Chert 2 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - C-77-4 intersected 0.65% Zn, 0.10 % Cu and 0.12 opt Au over 5.5 ft. C-84-2 intersected up to 0.75% Zn over 0.3 m. JC-90-5 intersected >10 000 ppm Zn, 1500 ppm Cu over 0.45 m; 9600 ppm Zn, 1500 ppm Cu over 0.3 m, and 600 ppm Zn and 950 ppm Cu over 0.3 m in 3 separate cherty-suphide intervals within basaltic sequence.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - TI4221, TI1303, TI1677

Publication Number: Timm DCL Date:

Author: Timmins Drill Core Library

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


File - Resident Geologist files T-2317, T-3537

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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