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Record: MDI42C15SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hemlo Gold Mines Trench 16 - 1993, Sugar Zone South Extension - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By P Bousquet

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Odlum, Strickland

Latitude: 48° 46' 44.53"    Longitude: -84° 59' 39.23"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 647351   Northing: 5404833    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42C15SW

Point Location Description: Trench on former claim SSM 1140641

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is by fixed wing aircraft and helicopter during the summer months from White River, or by foot via trial from a forest access road on the SW end of Dayohessarah Lake.



Exploration History

1983-85: Pezamerica Resources Corp. and Mascot Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, geochemistry. 1993: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. - mapping, trenching, prospecting, ground geophysics, geochemistry. 1998: Corona Gold Corporation - ground geophysics, mapping, geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
HAMBLETON 12 / 2.5841 42C15NW0004 42C15NW0004
HAMBLETON 20 / OM83-7-C-211 42C15NW8813 42C15NW8813
ODLUM 16 / 2.8592 20000005086 20000005086
WP HAMBLETON.11 / 2.15336 42C15SW0004 42C15SW0004
WP HAMBLETON.14 / 2.19237 42C15SW2001 42C15SW2001
WP ODLUM 7 / 2.19600 42C15SW2002 42C15SW2002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Agglomerate 1 Agglomerate Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - There area is host to sporadic outcrops of mafic agglomerate and foliated mafic metavolcanic rocks. The porphyries that are prevalent at the main Sugar Zone are not found here, or are buried beneath overburden.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
4GalenaEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples returned assays up to 998 ppb Au from a glassy quartz vein in feldspar porphyry. A chip sample from the trench returned an assay of 1.2 g/t Au over 1 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Dayohessarah Area (Central)

Publication Number: P3310 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1995

Author: Stott G.M., Mahoney K.L., Zwiers W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Dayohessarah Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0288 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Map - Dayohessarah Lake area, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2129 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1968

Author: Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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