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Record: MDI42E12SW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) E. Harrington - 1979, Tenacity Mining - 1987, W.D. Sutherland - 1960, Rentz Zone - 1960
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: McComber

Latitude: 49° 37' 25.14"    Longitude: -87° 49' 13.71"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 440741.45   Northing: 5497110.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E12NW, 42E12SW

Point Location Description: Drillholes in Assessment file 42E12SW0031

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1960: W. Sutherland drilled 6 DDH totalling 439.32 m. 1979: A. Hopkins and E. Harrington conducted a magnetometer survey. 1980: E. Harrington carried out soil sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.3394 42E12NW8187 42E12NW8187
10 42E12SW0031 42E12SW0031
2.3722 42E12SW0023 42E12SW0023
2.6900 42E12NW0010 42E12NW0010

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Chlorite Schist Host
Vein 2

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 16, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH 2 returned values of $1.05 and $1.40. Using $35/oz Au, this converts to 1.03 and 1.37 g/t Au. DDH 4 returned values of $1.75 (1.71 g/t Au) and $0.88 (0.86 g/t Au). DDH 5 returned a value of $2.10 (2.06 g/t Au) (Assessment report 42E12SW0031).



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - 42E12SW - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1988

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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