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Record Name(s) | Inco DDH 27061 - 1965 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 2003-Aug-13 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Lucas
Latitude: 48° 48' 2.93" Longitude: -81° 17' 17.71"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 478832.572 Northing: 5405353.701 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A14SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for Inco 27061 in SW 1/4 S1/2 L 8 Con 1
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by helicopter from Timmins.
1963-66: Abitibi Price Inc. and International Nickel Co. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (1140 ft). 1972: McIntyre Porcupine Mines - airborne geophysics.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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63.4819 | 42A14SW0011 | 42A14SW0011 |
T-726, 10 | 42A14SW0475 | 42A14SW0475 |
63.4838 | 42A14SE0106 | 42A14SE0106 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Argillite | Host |
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Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Andesite | Tuff | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate metavolcanic rocks and carbonaceous argillites. Anomalous zinc and silver values were returned from the argillites. The argillites are characterized by stringers, blebs and clots of pyrite.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.5 % Zn and 0.20 ppm Ag over 5.5 ft incarbonaceous argillites.
Book - Core
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Location: Timmins RGP
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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