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Record: MDI42F14NE00001

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McKinnon DH 1-34-1 - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Aug-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By D Draper
Revised By D Draper

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Shuel

Latitude: 49° 55' 24.47"    Longitude: -85° 1' 57.02"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 641223.62   Northing: 5531977.02    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42F14NE

Point Location Description: Drillhole collar location

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description:



Exploration History

1991-93: McKinnon Prospecting Ltd. - Airborne mag and VLFEM survey, Ground mag, HLEM and IP surveys, drilling, assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3179/ 2.15793 20000005111 20000005111
T-3179/ 2.15794 42K01SE0004 42K01SE0004
T-3179/ 2.14246 42K01SE0001 42K01SE0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Greywacke Near
Vein 2 Quartz Sulphide Host

Lithology Comments

Apr 01, 2014 (D Draper) - McKinnon hole 1-34-1 drilled to 184.4m, bearing 135º dipping 45º encountered 9.5m of a quartz-sulphide zone at 124.2m depth. Described as 60 to 80% white quartz which appears as vein material but could be rmobilized chert. Zone occurs between sections of seriticized greywacke containing minor sulphides.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 01, 2014 (D Draper) - A 1.4m section (132.3 - 133.7m) of quartz vein zone assayed 0.78 g/t Au and 2420 ppm Cu. Quartz mineralized with 20 - 40% fine grained, stringer to massive po, and trace to 1% cpy.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Pagwa River-Calstock sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0552 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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