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Record: MDI42A14SW00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Inco DDH 27023 - 1965, Anomaly 25 - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Sep-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Crawford

Latitude: 48° 50' 43.9"    Longitude: -81° 20' 14.53"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 475247.78   Northing: 5410338.83    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar on NE 1/4, lot 1 concession 4

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1965: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1965: Inco - 1 ddh (724 ft). 1972-73: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, 5 ddh (3249 ft), ground geophysics. 1983-84: Chevron Resources Canada - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.4828 42A14NW0010 42A14NW0010
63.4836 42A14SW0027 42A14SW0027
63.4837 42A14SW0015 42A14SW0015
2.17682 42A14SW0053 42A14SW0053
T-0835, 63.4827 42A14SW0026 42A14SW0026

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Carbonate Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Near
Schist-Unsubdivided 3 Chlorite Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Andesite, Dacite Footwall
Peridotite 5 Peridotite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of massive rhyolite flows, flow breccias, and chlorite schist intruded by narrow carbonate veins.




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

Feb 03, 2016 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.25% Zn over 0.8 ft One section of rhyolite flow breccia assayed 0.40% Zn across 15.5 ft. Drill hole 904-73-9 (McIntyre Porcupine) returned an assay of 0.20% Ni and 0.08% Cu over 4.7 ft. McIntyre Porcupine drill hole 904-73-21 returned an assay of 0.3% Cu, 0.08 oz/t Ag and 0.015 oz/t Au over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Timmins Drill Core Library

Publication Number: drill core Date: 1965

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


Map - Crawford Township, District of Cochrane, Timmins data series

Publication Number: P0487 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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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