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| Record Name(s) | Lecours Sample 503 - 1995, Lecours Area S1 - 1999, DDH Bg01-02 - 2002 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Dec-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Byng
Latitude: 48° 58' 56.32" Longitude: -83° 34' 58.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 311027 Northing: 5428704 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B13NE
Point Location Description: Drill collar for BG01-02 on former claim P1230140.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via municipal road 583 south from Hearst for 5 km to the Bradlo Road and then south on this road for 92 km. From here, travel east on the Brunswick Lake logging road for 8 km to the site.
1995-2001: Rita and Gerald Lecours - prospecting, stripping, sampling, mapping, ground geophysics, 4 ddh (572 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3796/ W9660-00273 | 42B13NE0001 | 42B13NE0001 |
| T-4315/2.19723 | 42B13NE2001 | 42B13NE2001 |
| T-4466/ 2.20567 | 42B13NE2002 | 42B13NE2002 |
| T-4625/ 2.22125 | 42B13NE2003 | 42B13NE2003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO Vol 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 | Sheared | Near |
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| Sulphide Ironstone | 2 | Sulphide-Facies | Host | |
| Intermediate Tuff | 3 | Tuffaceous | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated copper and zinc values are returned from chert and sulphide-rich bands in iron formation. The iron formation is found adjacent to strongly foliated amphibolites and intermediate tuffs.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
May 12, 2014 (A Wilson) - - Grab samples collected in 1995 returned assays of 7271 ppm Cu, 103.6 ppm Zn and 49.61 ppm Ni. Chip sampling completed in 1998 reportedly returned values up to 1.07% Zn. Diamond drilling completed in 2001 intersected a 4.2 m section with a weighted average of 2621 ppm Zn and 1237 ppm Pb, including 8710 ppm Zn, 3980 ppm Pb and 683 ppm Cu over 0.9m.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Fire River sheet, District of Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0270 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1997, Resident Geologists Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist's Report: Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR5972 Page: 39-40 Date: 1998
Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Hope P., Morra P.M., Egerland D.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Missinaibi Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0672 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:
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