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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DDH JO-753 - 1975, Jessup Claims - 1971, Boutin Claims - 1951, Jessup-Ontosky Option - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Feb-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Calvert
Latitude: 48° 46' 5.88" Longitude: -80° 46' 8.07"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 516981 Northing: 5401725 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A15SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 1150NW, 45 ft west of line 44 on former claim 263880
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east from the junction of highway 11 and highway 578 for approximately 3 km. The drill set up was located on the north side of the highway.
1951: Boutin et al. - 3 ddh (246 ft)1972-73: M. Montfort et al. and Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd. - stripping, trenching, ground geophysics. 1975: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 3 ddh (1609 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1664 / 13 | 42A10NW0016 | 42A10NW0016 |
| T-255 / W7406-00023 | 42A15SE5012 | 42A15SE5012 |
| T-255 / W7406-00075 | 42A15SE5013 | 42A15SE5013 |
| T-255 / 42A10NW0020 | 42A10NW0020 | 42A10NW0020 |
| T-1664 / 42A10NW0017 | 42A10NW0017 | 42A10NW0017 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Hanging Wall |
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| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Cherty | Sheared | Contains |
| Peridotite | 3 | Peridotite | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a thick sequence of basaltic flows overlying a sequence of cherty and tuffaceous metasediments. The metasediments, in turn, overlie peridotite. A narrow feldspar porpthyry intrudes the epiclastic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - Drill hole JO-753 intersected a 1.5 ft section returning 1.63% Zn.
File - Resident Geologist files T-448
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Calvert Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2306 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Calvert Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0154 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation: Fox, Stimson, Pyne, Mortimer, Sherring, Aurora, Edwards, Wesley, Calvert, Terry and Rickard Townships
Publication Number: P3393 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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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