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Record: MDI42A14SW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McIntyre Porcupine DDH 904-73-14 - 1973
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: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lucas

Latitude: 48° 48' 55.74"    Longitude: -81° 16' 3.71"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 480347.753   Northing: 5406978.855    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for 904-73-14

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by helicopter from Timmins.



Exploration History

1972-73: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (634 ft).


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Rhyolite Breccia Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Massive Footwall
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Dacite Hanging Wall

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 3.3 ft section of core truened an assay of 0.05% Cu and 0.01 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Core

Publication Number: drill core Date:

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Location: Timmins RGP


File - Resident Geologist files T-3303, T-3535

Publication Number: Date:

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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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