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| Record Name(s) | Amax DDH Tx-116-73 - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Belford
Latitude: 48° 35' 18.84" Longitude: -82° 22' 44.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 398317.39 Northing: 5382637.97 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B09SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at line 12+00E/11+00N on claim P312999
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1965-1966: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. – Comp. 1978: Amax Potash Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (346 ft). 1990: Noranda Exploration - ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-721 | 42B09SW0015 | 42B09SW0015 |
| T-721 / 2.1230 | 42A15SW0023 | 42A15SW0023 |
| T-3462 / 2.14100 | 42B09SW0002 | 42B09SW0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Belford-Montcalm
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 2702+/-2 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 300 P. 6
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Graphite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of intermeidate to felsic pyroclastic metavolcanics, locally intruded by feldspar porphyry dikes. The conductive horizon is a 30 ft thick graphitic zone interbedded with chert and a felsic tuff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 12, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 4 ft section of a graphitic horizon returned an assay of 1320 ppm Zn, 259 ppm Cu and 0.8 ppm Ag.
File - Resident Geologist files T-1044
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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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Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R300 Page: 43 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Belford Township
Publication Number: M2640 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D., Henderson I.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of the Belford-Strachan area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R078 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Elsas sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0271 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Horwood Lake sheet, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0673 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Belford and Montcalm townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2181 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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