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Record: MDI42A14SW00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH LUC13-01 - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Aug-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lucas

Latitude: 48° 48' 8.66"    Longitude: -81° 16' 52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 479357.601   Northing: 5405528.727    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Falconbridge DDH LUC 13-1 on patented claim 4628 SWS

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by bush road from the Kidd Creek Minesite.



Exploration History

1966-67: Chance Mining Co. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh. 2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (224 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4635, 2.22217 42A14SE2014 42A14SE2014
T-1318, 63.1972 42A14SW0473 42A14SW0473

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Pillowed, Massive Host
Mafic massive flow 2 Massive Hanging Wall
Claystone 3 Argillite Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks and graphitic argillite. The rocks display moderate to pervasive carbonate alteration.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 1410 ppm Zn and 84 ppm cu over 1.07 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-4354

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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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