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Record: MDI42A15SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amoco DDH TO-77-12-1 - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-11
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: McCart

Latitude: 48° 45' 27.76"    Longitude: -80° 52' 59.61"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 508582.653   Northing: 5400528.742    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A15SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 2+00S/0+00 on Amoco grid on former claim P494018

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 11. The site is located approximately at the junction between highway 567 and highway 11, roughly 7 km west of Iroquois Falls. A gravel road south of Nellie Lake runs westward from highway 11 for approximately 5 km from the junction. The drill site is accessible via a series of old forestry access roads south from this road.



Exploration History

1977: Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. - 2 ddh (1032 ft). 1984: Selco Inc. - ground geophysics. 1988-89: Placer Dome Inc. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (165 m). 1998-99: D. Gamble - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (200m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2910, 2.7531 42A15SW0113 42A15SW0113
T-3252, 22 42A15SW8851 42A15SW8851
T-4187, 2.19476 42A15SW2008 42A15SW2008
T-3252, 2.12131 42A15SW0109 42A15SW0109

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Graphitic Host
Intermediate Crystal Tuff 2 Crystal Tuff Hanging Wall
Intermediate Agglomerate 3 Agglomerate Hanging Wall
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermediate crystal tuff and agglomerate, mafic tuffs and flows and graphitic schist within mafic tuffs.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 5 ft section of drill core returned an assay of 0.02 oz/t Au, 0.003% Cu and 0.007% Zn in drill hole TO-77-12-1. Drill hole TO-77-12-2 returned an assay of 0.037% Zn and 0.012% Cu over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1822, T-4293

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - McCart Township

Publication Number: P0016 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Core - Resident Geologist Core Library

Publication Number: Drill Core Date: 1999

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Map - Geological Compilation: Brower, Duff, Fournier, Hanna, Lamarche, Little, Mann, McCart, Newmarket, Reaume, St. John and Tully Townships

Publication Number: P3391 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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